Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obora

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 1

From earlier *obvora, deverbal from *obverti. Parallel to Lithuanian apvarà, but prefix has different etymology.

Noun

*obora f[1][2]

  1. string, twine
Declension
Declension of *obora (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obora *oborě *obory
genitive *obory *oboru *oborъ
dative *oborě *oborama *oboramъ
accusative *oborǫ *oborě *obory
instrumental *oborojǫ, *oborǫ** *oborama *oborami
locative *oborě *oboru *oborasъ, *oboraxъ*
vocative *oboro *oborě *obory

* -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: *обора (*obora)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: obora (dialectal)

Etymology 2

From earlier *obvòra, deverbal from *obverti.

Noun

*obòra f[3][4]

  1. enclosure
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *obòra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *obòra *obòrě *obòry
genitive *obòry *obòru *obòrъ
dative *obòrě *obòrama *obòramъ
accusative *obòrǫ *obòrě *obòry
instrumental *obòrojǫ, *obòrǭ** *obòrama *obòramī
locative *obòrě *obòru *obòrasъ, *obòraxъ*
vocative *obòro *obòrě *obòry

* -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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obora I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
  2. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obvora I/*obvorъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 92
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*obora II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
  4. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obvora II/*obvorъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 92

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обо́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “obora”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “obora”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 374
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “обора”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “Або́ра”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Václav Machek (1968) “obora”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 406
  • Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “obora”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 439