Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berьba

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

By surface analysis, *ber- +‎ *-ьba, from *bьrati (“to pick”). Possibly post Proto-Slavic innovation.

Noun

*berьba f^[1]

picking

Declension

Declension of *berьba (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*berьba	*berьbě	*berьby
genitive	*berьby	*berьbu	*berьbъ
dative	*berьbě	*berьbama	*berьbamъ
accusative	*berьbǫ	*berьbě	*berьby
instrumental	berьbojǫ, berьbǫ^**	*berьbama	*berьbami
locative	*berьbě	*berьbu	berьbasъ, berьbaxъ^*
vocative	*berьbo	*berьbě	*berьby

^* -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.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: берба́ (berbá) (obsolete)
- Macedonian: берба (berba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бѐрба
  
  Latin script: bèrba
- Slovene: bȇrba (tonal orthography)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 200

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 200

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