Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věščьba

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 *věščь (“proficient, foretelling”) +‎ *-ьba.

Noun

*věščьba f

  1. prophecy, divination (Northern Slavic)
  2. practice, drill (South Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *věščьba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věščьba *věščьbě *věščьby
genitive *věščьby *věščьbu *věščьbъ
dative *věščьbě *věščьbama *věščьbamъ
accusative *věščьbǫ *věščьbě *věščьby
instrumental *věščьbojǫ, *věščьbǫ** *věščьbama *věščьbami
locative *věščьbě *věščьbu *věščьbasъ, *věščьbaxъ*
vocative *věščьbo *věščьbě *věščьby

* -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

  • *věščьbati (“to practice”) (South Slavic)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Belarusian: вѣщба (věščba)
    • Russian: вещба́ (veščbá) (dialectal)
    • Middle Ukrainian: вѣщба (viščba)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2013) “вещба”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 91
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