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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbrava

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Most likely containing *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”) via a *-rъ adjective *dǫbrъ. For the semantic development from “oak” to “forest”, compare Ottoman Turkish میشه‎ (meşe) which developed just in the reverse direction from “forest” to “oak” in about half a millennium, however the suffix is uncertain and the derivation of the word for the oak too.

Noun

*dǫbrava f

  1. oakwood, oak grove
  2. forest in general

Inflection
Declension of *dǫbravà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dǫbravà *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy
Accusative *dǫ̑bravǫ *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy
Genitive *dǫbravý *dǫbravù *dǫbrãvъ
Locative *dǫ̑bravě *dǫbravù *dǫbravàsъ, *dǫbravàxъ*
Dative *dǫbravě̀ *dǫbravàma *dǫbravàmъ
Instrumental *dǫbravojǫ́ *dǫbravàma *dǫbravàmi
Vocative *dǫbravo *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy
* -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.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дꙋброва (dubrova), дꙋбрава (dubrava)
      • Belarusian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
      • Russian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
      • Ukrainian: дубро́ва (dubróva); dial. дібро́ва (dibróva) from *dōbrova
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: дѫбрава (dǫbrava)
    • Russian Church Slavonic: дꙋбрава (dubrava), дꙋброва (dubrova)
    • Bulgarian: дъбра́ва (dǎbráva)
    • Macedonian: дабрава (dabrava)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ду̀брава
      Latin script: dùbrava
    • Slovene: dobrȃva (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

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