Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězьba

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

Formed as *rězati (“to cut, to carve”) +‎ *-ьba.^[1]

Noun

*rězьba f

carving, fretwork

Declension

Declension of *rězьba (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rězьba	*rězьbě	*rězьby
genitive	*rězьby	*rězьbu	*rězьbъ
dative	*rězьbě	*rězьbama	*rězьbamъ
accusative	*rězьbǫ	*rězьbě	*rězьby
instrumental	rězьbojǫ, rězьbǫ^**	*rězьbama	*rězьbami
locative	*rězьbě	*rězьbu	rězьbasъ, rězьbaxъ^*
vocative	*rězьbo	*rězьbě	*rězьby

^* -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).

Related terms

*raziti (“to pound, to astound”)
- *poraženьje (“defeat”)
- *sъraženьje (“combat”)
*rězenь (“slice”)
*rězъ (“carving, acute pain”)
*zaraza (“infectious disease”)

Derived terms

*rězьbařь (“sculptor, carver”)
*rězьbařьstvo (“wood-carving (as a craft)”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: резьба́ (rezʹbá)
- Ukrainian: різьба́ (rizʹbá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: рѣзьба (rězĭba)
- Bulgarian: резба́ (rezbá)
- Macedonian: резба (rezba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: рѐзба
  
  Latin script: rèzba
West Slavic:
- Czech: řezba
- Polish: rzeźba

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “rezbár”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si