Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъborъ

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, *otъ- +‎ *borъ (“assembly”)), or, per ESSJa, deverbal from *otъbьrati.

Noun

*otъborъ m^[1]

selection?, picking?

Declension

Declension of *otъborъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*otъborъ	*otъbora	*otъbori
genitive	*otъbora	*otъboru	*otъborъ
dative	*otъboru	*otъboroma	*otъboromъ
accusative	*otъborъ	*otъbora	*otъbory
instrumental	otъborъmь, otъboromь^*	*otъboroma	*otъbory
locative	*otъborě	*otъboru	*otъborěxъ
vocative	*otъbore	*otъbora	*otъbori

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: отъборъ (otŭborŭ)
  - Belarusian: адбо́р (adbór)
  - Russian: отбо́р (otbór)
  - Ukrainian: відбі́р (vidbír)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: отбо́р (otbór)
- Macedonian: одбор (odbor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̀дбор
  
  Latin script: òdbor
West Slavic:
- Czech: odbor
- Slovak: odbor

References

^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*otъborъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 153

[1] Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*otъborъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 153

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