Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobyťa

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 *dobyti +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*dobyťa f

  1. supply, loot
  2. stock
    Synonym: *dobytъkъ

Declension

Declension of *dobyťa (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dobyťa *dobyťi *dobyťę̇
genitive *dobyťę̇ *dobyťu *dobyťь
dative *dobyťi *dobyťama *dobyťamъ
accusative *dobyťǫ *dobyťi *dobyťę̇
instrumental *dobyťejǫ, *dobyťǫ** *dobyťama *dobyťami
locative *dobyťi *dobyťu *dobyťasъ, *dobyťaxъ*
vocative *dobyťe *dobyťi *dobyťę̇

* -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: добыча (dobyča)
    • Ukrainian: добич (dobyč), dial. добича (dobyča)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian::
      Cyrillic script: доби́ћа
      Latin script: dobíća
    • Slovene: dobíča
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobytja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 48
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