Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korbica

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 *kȏrbъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*korbica f[1]

  1. box, chest

Declension

Declension of *korbica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *korbica *korbici *korbicę̇
genitive *korbicę̇ *korbicu *korbicь
dative *korbici *korbicama *korbicamъ
accusative *korbicǫ *korbici *korbicę̇
instrumental *korbicejǫ, *korbicǫ** *korbicama *korbicami
locative *korbici *korbicu *korbicasъ, *korbicaxъ*
vocative *korbice *korbici *korbicę̇

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: коробица (korobica)
      • Russian: (dialectal) коро́би́ца (koróbíca)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: крабица (krabica)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: кра̏бица
        Latin script: krȁbica
        • → Slovene: krabica
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: шкра̀бӣца, скра̀бӣца
      Latin script: škràbīca, skràbīca
    • ⇒ Slovene: škrábica
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: krabicě
    • Old Slovak: krabica
      • Slovak: krabica

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korbica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 51

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