Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbьstvo

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, *orbъ +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*orbьstvo n^[1]

slavery

Declension

Declension of *orbьstvo (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orbьstvo	*orbьstvě	*orbьstva
genitive	*orbьstva	*orbьstvu	*orbьstvъ
dative	*orbьstvu	*orbьstvoma	*orbьstvomъ
accusative	*orbьstvo	*orbьstvě	*orbьstva
instrumental	orbьstvъmь, orbьstvomь^*	*orbьstvoma	*orbьstvy
locative	*orbьstvě	*orbьstvu	*orbьstvěxъ
vocative	*orbьstvo	*orbьstvě	*orbьstva

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: робьство (robĭstvo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: рабьство (rabĭstvo)
  - → Belarusian: ра́бства (rábstva)
  - → Russian: ра́бство (rábstvo)
  - → Ukrainian: ра́бство (rábstvo)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: ро̀бство (ròbstvo)
- ⇒ Macedonian: ропство (ropstvo)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ро̀пство
  
  Latin script: ròpstvo
- ⇒ Slovene: rọ̑bstvo (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: robstvo (obsolete)
- ⇒ Slovak: rabstvo

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 135

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 135

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