Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oblava

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

  • *oblova

Etymology

Per Vasmer and ESSJa, related to *lovъ (“hunt”).

Noun

*oblava m[1]

  1. ambush, hunting maneuver, battue

Inflection

Declension of *oblava (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *oblava *oblavě *oblavy
genitive *oblavy *oblavu *oblavъ
dative *oblavě *oblavama *oblavamъ
accusative *oblavǫ *oblavě *oblavy
instrumental *oblavojǫ, *oblavǫ** *oblavama *oblavami
locative *oblavě *oblavu *oblavasъ, *oblavaxъ*
vocative *oblavo *oblavě *oblavy

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: облава (oblava)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: obława, obłowa (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “* oblava/*oblova”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 236

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “обла́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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