Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbota

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

    PIE word
    *h₃órbʰos

    From *orbiti +‎ *-ota. Similar to Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“labour; hardship”), but with a different suffix.[1]

    Noun

    *orbòta f

    1. work

    Inflection

    Declension of *orbota (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *orbota *orbotě *orboty
    genitive *orboty *orbotu *orbotъ
    dative *orbotě *orbotama *orbotamъ
    accusative *orbotǫ *orbotě *orboty
    instrumental *orbotojǫ, *orbotǫ** *orbotama *orbotami
    locative *orbotě *orbotu *orbotasъ, *orbotaxъ*
    vocative *orboto *orbotě *orboty

    * -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).

    Derived terms

    • *orboťь
    • *orbotьlivъ
    • *orbotьnikъ

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orbòta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 119
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рабо́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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