Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrobakъ

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

Agentative noun from *xrobati (“to gulp, to chew up”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*xrobakъ m

  1. grub (larva of beetles and other insects)

Declension

Declension of *xrobakъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xrobakъ *xrobaka *xrobaci
genitive *xrobaka *xrobaku *xrobakъ
dative *xrobaku *xrobakoma *xrobakomъ
accusative *xrobakъ *xrobaka *xrobaky
instrumental *xrobakъmь, *xrobakomь* *xrobakoma *xrobaky
locative *xrobacě *xrobaku *xrobacěxъ
vocative *xrobače *xrobaka *xrobaci

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

  • *xrobotъ (“sound of chewing”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Carpathian Rusyn: хроба́к (xrobák)
    • Ukrainian: хроба́к (xrobák), гроба́к (hrobák) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
  • хробак in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
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