Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/árbas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“(indentured) worker, servant, slave; orphan; (originally) one who has changed in ‘ownership’ or affiliation”).

    Noun

    *árbas m

    1. servant, slave
    2. worker

    Inflection

    Declension of *árbas (o-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *árbas *árbōˀ *árbai(ˀ)
    accusative *árban *árbōˀ *árbō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *árbā *árbāu(ˀ) *árbōn
    locative *árbai *árbāu(ˀ) *árbaišu
    dative *árbōi *árbamā(ˀ) *árbamas
    instrumental *árbōˀ *árbamāˀ *árbōis
    vocative *árbe *árbōˀ *árbai(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Slavic: *õrbъ (see there for further descendants)
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