Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obьťina

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *obьťь (community) +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*obьťina f[1]

  1. community, common property, common area

Declension

Declension of *obьťina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obьťina *obьťině *obьťiny
genitive *obьťiny *obьťinu *obьťinъ
dative *obьťině *obьťinama *obьťinamъ
accusative *obьťinǫ *obьťině *obьťiny
instrumental *obьťinojǫ, *obьťinǫ** *obьťinama *obьťinami
locative *obьťině *obьťinu *obьťinasъ, *obьťinaxъ*
vocative *obьťino *obьťině *obьťiny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: обьчина (obĭčina)
      • Old Ruthenian: обчина (občina), обчына (občyna)
        • Belarusian: абшчына (abščyna)
      • Russian: обчина (občina)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obьtjina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 164

Further reading

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “obecny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 371
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “ọ̑bčina”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “obec”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 393
  • Václav Machek (1968) “obec”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 404
  • Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “obec”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 437