Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫbežь

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 *rǫbiti (“to chop, hem”) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*rǫbežь m

border

Declension

Declension of *rǫbežь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rǫbežь	*rǫbeža	*rǫbeži
genitive	*rǫbeža	*rǫbežu	*rǫbežь
dative	*rǫbežu	*rǫbežema	*rǫbežemъ
accusative	*rǫbežь	*rǫbeža	*rǫbežę̇
instrumental	rǫbežьmь, rǫbežemь^*	*rǫbežema	*rǫbeži
locative	*rǫbeži	*rǫbežu	*rǫbežixъ
vocative	*rǫbežu	*rǫbeža	*rǫbeži

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

Church Slavonic: рубежь (rubežĭ)
- → Russian: рубе́ж (rubéž)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рѫбежь (rǫbežĭ)
  - Belarusian: рубе́ж (rubjéž)
  - → Polish: rubież
  - Russian: рубёж (rubjóž)
    - → Bulgarian: рубеж (rubež)
  - Ukrainian: рубі́ж (rubíž)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ръбе́ж (rǎbéž, “edge”)
- Macedonian: рабуш (rabuš)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: [Term?]
  
  Latin: [Term?]
- Slovene:
West Slavic:
- Czech:
- Polish: rąbież
- Slovak:
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian:

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рубеж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ръбеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 361