Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obolstь

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

Deverbal from *obolsti (“to control”).

Noun

*obolstь f

territory ruled by one ruler, oblast

Declension

Declension of *obolstь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obolstь	*obolsti	*obolsti
genitive	*obolsti	obolstьju, obolsťu^*	obolstьjь, obolsti^*
dative	*obolsti	*obolstьma	*obolstьmъ
accusative	*obolstь	*obolsti	*obolsti
instrumental	obolstьjǫ, obolsťǫ^*	*obolstьma	*obolstьmi
locative	*obolsti	obolstьju, obolsťu^*	*obolstьxъ
vocative	*obolsti	*obolsti	*obolsti

^* 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: оболость (obolostĭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: область (oblastĭ)
  - Bulgarian: област (oblast)
  - Macedonian: област (oblast)
  - → Old East Slavic: область (oblastĭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: область (oblastʹ)
      - Belarusian: во́бласць (vóblascʹ)
      - Ukrainian: о́бласть (óblastʹ)
    - Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̏бла̄ст
  
  Latin script: ȍblāst
- Slovene: oblást
West Slavic:
- Czech: oblast
- Pannonian Rusyn: обласц (oblasc)
- Slovak: oblasť

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “область”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “oblast”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438