Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paguba

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

Related to *gъbnǫti (“to bend”); *gubiti (“to destroy”).

Noun

*paguba f

  1. ruin, destruction

Inflection

Declension of *paguba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *paguba *pagubě *paguby
genitive *paguby *pagubu *pagubъ
dative *pagubě *pagubama *pagubamъ
accusative *pagubǫ *pagubě *paguby
instrumental *pagubojǫ, *pagubǫ** *pagubama *pagubami
locative *pagubě *pagubu *pagubasъ, *pagubaxъ*
vocative *pagubo *pagubě *paguby

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: пагоуба (paguba)
    • Bulgarian: па́губа (páguba)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́губа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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