Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ubogъ

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

A bahuvrihi compound of *u and an adjective *bogъ (fortunate), but which later shifted in meaning to "god". Compare *nebogъ (poor).

Adjective

*ubògъ

  1. poor

Declension

Indefinite declension of *ubogъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ubogъ *uboga *ubogo
genitive *uboga *ubogy *uboga
dative *ubogu *ubodzě *ubogu
accusative *ubogъ *ubogǫ *ubogo
instrumental *ubogomь *ubogojǫ *ubogomь
locative *ubodzě *ubodzě *ubodzě
vocative *ubože *ubogo *ubogo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *uboga *ubodzě *ubodzě
genitive *ubogu *ubogu *ubogu
dative *ubogoma *ubogama *ubogoma
accusative *uboga *ubodzě *ubodzě
instrumental *ubogoma *ubogama *ubogoma
locative *ubogu *ubogu *ubogu
vocative *uboga *ubodzě *ubodzě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ubodzi *ubogy *uboga
genitive *ubogъ *ubogъ *ubogъ
dative *ubogomъ *ubogamъ *ubogomъ
accusative *ubogy *ubogy *uboga
instrumental *ubogy *ubogami *ubogy
locative *ubodzěxъ *ubogaxъ *ubodzěxъ
vocative *ubodzi *ubogy *uboga
Definite declension of *ubogъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ubogъjь *ubogaja *ubogoje
genitive *ubogajego *ubogyję̇ *ubogajego
dative *ubogujemu *ubodzěji *ubogujemu
accusative *ubogъjь *ubogǫjǫ *ubogoje
instrumental *ubogyjimь *ubogǫjǫ *ubogyjimь
locative *ubodzějemь *ubodzěji *ubodzějemь
vocative *ubogъjь *ubogaja *ubogoje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ubogaja *ubodzěji *ubodzěji
genitive *uboguju *uboguju *uboguju
dative *ubogyjima *ubogyjima *ubogyjima
accusative *ubogaja *ubodzěji *ubodzěji
instrumental *ubogyjima *ubogyjima *ubogyjima
locative *uboguju *uboguju *uboguju
vocative *ubogaja *ubodzěji *ubodzěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *ubodziji *ubogyję̇ *ubogaja
genitive *ubogъjixъ *ubogъjixъ *ubogъjixъ
dative *ubogyjimъ *ubogyjimъ *ubogyjimъ
accusative *ubogyję̇ *ubogyję̇ *ubogaja
instrumental *ubogyjimi *ubogyjimi *ubogyjimi
locative *ubogyjixъ *ubogyjixъ *ubogyjixъ
vocative *ubodziji *ubogyję̇ *ubogaja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: убогъ (ubogŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: оубогъ (ubogŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱆⰱⱁⰳⱏ (ubogŭ)
    • Bulgarian: убо̀г (ubòg)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̏бог
      Latin script: ȕbog
    • Slovene: ubọ̑g (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ubògъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “убо́гий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress