Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žabь

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 *žàba (frog, toad) +‎ *-ьjь.

Adjective

*žabь[1]

  1. (relational) frog, toad

Declension

Indefinite declension of *žabь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žabь *žaba *žabe
genitive *žaba *žabę̇ *žaba
dative *žabu *žabi *žabu
accusative *žabь *žabǫ *žabe
instrumental *žabemь *žabejǫ *žabemь
locative *žabi *žabi *žabi
vocative *žabu *žabe *žabe
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žaba *žabi *žabi
genitive *žabu *žabu *žabu
dative *žabema *žabama *žabema
accusative *žaba *žabi *žabi
instrumental *žabema *žabama *žabema
locative *žabu *žabu *žabu
vocative *žaba *žabi *žabi
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žabi *žabę̇ *žaba
genitive *žabь *žabь *žabь
dative *žabemъ *žabamъ *žabemъ
accusative *žabę̇ *žabę̇ *žaba
instrumental *žabi *žabami *žabi
locative *žabixъ *žabaxъ *žabixъ
vocative *žabi *žabę̇ *žaba
Definite declension of *žabь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žabьjь *žabaja *žabeje
genitive *žabajego *žabę̇ję̇ *žabajego
dative *žabujemu *žabiji *žabujemu
accusative *žabьjь *žabǫjǫ *žabeje
instrumental *žabijimь *žabǫjǫ *žabijimь
locative *žabijemь *žabiji *žabijemь
vocative *žabьjь *žabaja *žabeje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žabaja *žabiji *žabiji
genitive *žabuju *žabuju *žabuju
dative *žabijima *žabijima *žabijima
accusative *žabaja *žabiji *žabiji
instrumental *žabijima *žabijima *žabijima
locative *žabuju *žabuju *žabuju
vocative *žabaja *žabiji *žabiji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žabiji *žabę̇ję̇ *žabaja
genitive *žabьjixъ *žabьjixъ *žabьjixъ
dative *žabijimъ *žabijimъ *žabijimъ
accusative *žabę̇ję̇ *žabę̇ję̇ *žabaja
instrumental *žabijimi *žabijimi *žabijimi
locative *žabijixъ *žabijixъ *žabijixъ
vocative *žabiji *žabę̇ję̇ *žabaja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жабь (žabĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: жа́бїй (žábij)
        • Ukrainian: жа́бій (žábij)
      • Russian: жа́бий (žábij)
    • Old Novgorodian: жабь (žabĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жа̏бљӣ
      Latin script: žȁbljī
    • Slovene: žȃbji (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*džē̱͘ biju «žabьjь»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 99