Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debelostь

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

By surface analysis, *debelъ (“fat”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*debelostь f[1]

  1. thickness, fatness

Inflection

Declension of *debelostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *debelostь *debelosti *debelosti
genitive *debelosti *debelostьju, *debelosťu* *debelostьjь, *debelosti*
dative *debelosti *debelostьma *debelostьmъ
accusative *debelostь *debelosti *debelosti
instrumental *debelostьjǫ, *debelosťǫ* *debelostьma *debelostьmi
locative *debelosti *debelostьju, *debelosťu* *debelostьxъ
vocative *debelosti *debelosti *debelosti

* 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: дебе́лость (debélostʹ)
    • Ukrainian: дебе́лість (debélistʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: debelóst (tonal orthography)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debelostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
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