Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobrota

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

    From *dobrъ +‎ *-ota.

    Noun

    *dobrota f

    1. goodness

    Declension

    Declension of *dobrota (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *dobrota *dobrotě *dobroty
    genitive *dobroty *dobrotu *dobrotъ
    dative *dobrotě *dobrotama *dobrotamъ
    accusative *dobrotǫ *dobrotě *dobroty
    instrumental *dobrotojǫ, *dobrotǫ** *dobrotama *dobrotami
    locative *dobrotě *dobrotu *dobrotasъ, *dobrotaxъ*
    vocative *dobroto *dobrotě *dobroty

    * -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

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobrota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 43
    1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “доброта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 143
    2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “доброта”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 306
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