Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obpona

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 of *obpęti.

Noun

*obpona f[1]

  1. curtain

Declension

Declension of *obpona (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obpona *obponě *obpony
genitive *obpony *obponu *obponъ
dative *obponě *obponama *obponamъ
accusative *obponǫ *obponě *obpony
instrumental *obponojǫ, *obponǫ** *obponama *obponami
locative *obponě *obponu *obponasъ, *obponaxъ*
vocative *obpono *obponě *obpony

* -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: опона (opona)
      • Belarusian: апо́на (apóna)
      • Ukrainian: опо́на (opóna)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: опона (opona)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̀пона
      Latin script: òpona
    • Slovene: opǫ̑na (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpona”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 258

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опо́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress