Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobrina

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 *dobrъ (“good”) +‎ *-ina. In South Slavic, the term has merged with the name of the proto-Slavic deity of Virtue *dobryni (“excellence”).

Noun

*dobrina f

  1. goodness, benevolence
  2. good deed

Declension

Declension of *dobrina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dobrina *dobrině *dobriny
genitive *dobriny *dobrinu *dobrinъ
dative *dobrině *dobrinama *dobrinamъ
accusative *dobrinǫ *dobrině *dobriny
instrumental *dobrinojǫ, *dobrinǫ** *dobrinama *dobrinami
locative *dobrině *dobrinu *dobrinasъ, *dobrinaxъ*
vocative *dobrino *dobrině *dobriny

* -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).

Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰabʰ- not found

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: добрина́ (dobriná)
    • Ukrainian: добрина́ (dobryná)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dobřina

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobrina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
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