Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obličьje

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

By surface analysis, *oblikъ +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*obličьje n[1]

  1. face, appearance, look
Declension
Declension of *obličьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obličьje *obličьji *obličьja
genitive *obličьja *obličьju *obličьjь
dative *obličьju *obličьjema *obličьjemъ
accusative *obličьje *obličьji *obličьja
instrumental *obličьjьmь, *obličьjemь* *obličьjema *obličьji
locative *obličьji *obličьju *obličьjixъ
vocative *obličьje *obličьji *obličьja

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: обличье (obličĭje), обличие (obličije)
      • Old Ruthenian: обли́чьє (oblíčʹje), обли́чїє (oblíčije), обли́чъє (oblíčʺje), обли́чє (oblíčje), обли́ччє (oblíččje)
      • Russian: обли́чье (oblíčʹje), обли́чие (oblíčije)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱁⰱⰾⰻⱍⰻⰵ (obličie)
      Old Cyrillic script: обличиѥ (obličije)
      • Macedonian: обличjе (obličje)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̀блӣчје
      Latin script: òblīčje
    • Slovene: oblíčje (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: obličie, obličěj
    • Old Polish: oblicze
    • Old Slovak: obličaj
      • Slovak: obličaj (archaic)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: hoblico, woblice (obsolete), woblico
      • Upper Sorbian: wobličo

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obličьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 8