Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obrazъ

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 *obraziti, from *ob- +‎ *raziti (ESSJa),^[1] or directly from *ob- +‎ *razъ (Vasmer),^[2] both derivations from the same ultimate root.

Noun

*obra̋zъ m^[3]

image, look, sight, form

Declension

Declension of *obrazъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obrazъ	*obraza	*obrazi
genitive	*obraza	*obrazu	*obrazъ
dative	*obrazu	*obrazoma	*obrazomъ
accusative	*obrazъ	*obraza	*obrazy
instrumental	obrazъmь, obrazomь^*	*obrazoma	*obrazy
locative	*obrazě	*obrazu	*obrazěxъ
vocative	*obraze	*obraza	*obrazi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*rězati (“to cut”)
*obraza (“insult”)
*zaraza (“contagion”)

Derived terms

*obrazovati (“to form”)
*obrazitъ (“artistic”)
*obrazьnъ (“figurative”)
*obrazьcь (“sample, model”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: образъ (obrazŭ)
  - Belarusian: во́браз (vóbraz), Belarusian: абра́з (abráz)
  - Russian: о́браз (óbraz)
  - Ukrainian: о́браз (óbraz)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: образъ (obrazŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱁⰱⱃⰰⰸⱏ (obrazŭ)
- Bulgarian: о́браз (óbraz)
- Macedonian: о́браз (óbraz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̀браз
  
  Latin script: òbraz
- Slovene: obrȁz (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: obraz
  - Czech: obraz
- Old Polish: obraz
  - Polish: obraz
  - Silesian: ôbrŏz
- Old Slovak: obraz
  - Slovak: obraz
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: òbrôz
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wobraz
  - Lower Sorbian: wobraz, hobraz

Other:
- Old Hungarian: abráz
  - Hungarian: ábráz
- Romanian: obraz / образ (obraz)
- Vilamovian: obros

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “образ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “obraz”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*obra̋zъ”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63

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

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “obraz”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*obra̋zъ”

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