Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlěbovina
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xlě̀bovъ + *-ina, from *xlě̀bъ.
Noun
*xlě̀bovina f
- whitebeam (perhaps)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xlě̀bovina | *xlě̀bovině | *xlě̀boviny |
| genitive | *xlě̀boviny | *xlě̀bovinu | *xlě̀bovinъ |
| dative | *xlě̀bovině | *xlě̀bovinama | *xlě̀bovinamъ |
| accusative | *xlě̀bovinǫ | *xlě̀bovině | *xlě̀boviny |
| instrumental | *xlě̀bovinojǫ, *xlě̀bovinǭ** | *xlě̀bovinama | *xlě̀bovinamī |
| locative | *xlě̀bovině | *xlě̀bovinu | *xlě̀bovinasъ, *xlě̀bovinaxъ* |
| vocative | *xlě̀bovino | *xlě̀bovině | *xlě̀boviny |
* -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).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: hlẹ́bovina (tonal orthography)