Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dělitьba

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 **dělitva, from *děliti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*dělitьba f

  1. division
    Synonyms: *děljenьje, *dělьba, *děležь

Inflection

Declension of *dělitьba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dělitьba *dělitьbě *dělitьby
genitive *dělitьby *dělitьbu *dělitьbъ
dative *dělitьbě *dělitьbama *dělitьbamъ
accusative *dělitьbǫ *dělitьbě *dělitьby
instrumental *dělitьbojǫ, *dělitьbǫ** *dělitьbama *dělitьbami
locative *dělitьbě *dělitьbu *dělitьbasъ, *dělitьbaxъ*
vocative *dělitьbo *dělitьbě *dělitьby

* -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:
    • Russian: дели́тьба (delítʹba)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дели́тба (delítba), дели́дба (delídba)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дѐлидба, дјѐлидба
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dělitba

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dělitьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 234
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