Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paorbъ

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 *pa- +‎ *õrbъ (servant, slave).

Noun

*paorbъ m

  1. slave

Declension

Declension of *paorbъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *paorbъ *paorba *paorbi
genitive *paorba *paorbu *paorbъ
dative *paorbu *paorboma *paorbomъ
accusative *paorbъ *paorba *paorby
instrumental *paorbъmь, *paorbomь* *paorboma *paorby
locative *paorbě *paorbu *paorběxъ
vocative *paorbe *paorba *paorbi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: parob m (bookish)
    • Polish: parób (dialectal)
    • Slovak: parob

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “*paorbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 100