Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osoba

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

    Univerbation of *o (“around, about”) +‎ *sȅbe (“oneself”).[1]

    Noun

    *osoba f

    1. person

    Declension

    Declension of *osoba (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *osoba *osobě *osoby
    genitive *osoby *osobu *osobъ
    dative *osobě *osobama *osobamъ
    accusative *osobǫ *osobě *osoby
    instrumental *osobojǫ, *osobǫ** *osobama *osobami
    locative *osobě *osobu *osobasъ, *osobaxъ*
    vocative *osobo *osobě *osoby

    * -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).

    Derived terms

    • *osobьnъ

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “osoba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 400

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “особа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “osoba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “особа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 224
    • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “osoba”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
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