Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xarobylьje

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

Compound of *xarъ (“dilapidated, shabby”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *bylьje (“plant; grass”).

Noun

*xarobylьje n^[1]

(West Slavic) dilapidated, old, dry tree

Inflection

Declension of *xarobylьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xarobylьje	*xarobylьji	*xarobylьja
genitive	*xarobylьja	*xarobylьju	*xarobylьjь
dative	*xarobylьju	*xarobylьjema	*xarobylьjemъ
accusative	*xarobylьje	*xarobylьji	*xarobylьja
instrumental	xarobylьjьmь, xarobylьjemь^*	*xarobylьjema	*xarobylьji
locative	*xarobylьji	*xarobylьju	*xarobylьjixъ
vocative	*xarobylьje	*xarobylьji	*xarobylьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

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) charabéľ, charabeľa (“old tree; decrepit person”), charabéli n (“brushwood”)

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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