Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xarobura

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

Alternative reconstructions

*xarobylьje

Etymology

Compound of *xarъ (“dilapidated, shabby”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *bura or *buriti. The analysis as an expressive transformation of *xarobylьje.

Noun

*xarobura f^[1]

(West Slavic) something shabby or diseased

Declension

Declension of *xarobura (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xarobura	*xaroburě	*xarobury
genitive	*xarobury	*xaroburu	*xaroburъ
dative	*xaroburě	*xaroburama	*xaroburamъ
accusative	*xaroburǫ	*xaroburě	*xarobury
instrumental	xaroburojǫ, xaroburǫ^**	*xaroburama	*xaroburami
locative	*xaroburě	*xaroburu	xaroburasъ, xaroburaxъ^*
vocative	*xaroburo	*xaroburě	*xarobury

^* -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

*xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
*xorъ (“dark, black”)
- *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
  - *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
- *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)
- *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) charabura (“weak, sick person”)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xarobylьje? / *xarobura ?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 20

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xarobylьje? / *xarobura ?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 20

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