Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gybělь

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 *gyb- +‎ *-ělь.

Noun

*gybělь f

  1. destruction, loss, doom
    Synonym: *jьzguba

Inflection

Declension of *gybělь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gybělь *gyběli *gyběli
genitive *gyběli *gybělьju, *gyběľu* *gybělьjь, *gyběli*
dative *gyběli *gybělьma *gybělьmъ
accusative *gybělь *gyběli *gyběli
instrumental *gybělьjǫ, *gyběľǫ* *gybělьma *gybělьmi
locative *gyběli *gybělьju, *gyběľu* *gybělьxъ
vocative *gyběli *gyběli *gyběli

* 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

  • Church Slavonic: гꙑбель (gybelĭ) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гꙑбель (gybelĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: гꙑбѣль f (gybělĭ)
    • Bulgarian: ги́бел f (gíbel), гыбе́лъ (gybél)
    • Macedonian: гибел f (gibel)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ги́бељ f
  • West Slavic: —

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гибель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gybelь, *gybělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
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