Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvoroba

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 *xvorъ +‎ *-oba.

Noun

*xvoroba f

  1. disease, illness

Declension

Declension of *xvoroba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xvoroba *xvorobě *xvoroby
genitive *xvoroby *xvorobu *xvorobъ
dative *xvorobě *xvorobama *xvorobamъ
accusative *xvorobǫ *xvorobě *xvoroby
instrumental *xvorobojǫ, *xvorobǫ** *xvorobama *xvorobami
locative *xvorobě *xvorobu *xvorobasъ, *xvorobaxъ*
vocative *xvorobo *xvorobě *xvoroby

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *хворо́ба (*xvoróba)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: choroba
    • Old Polish: choroba
      • Polish: choroba
        • → Old Ruthenian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
          • Ukrainian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
            • → Russian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
      • Silesian: choroba
    • Old Slovak: choroba
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chóroba
      • Upper Sorbian: khoroba

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoroba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
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