Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slabъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (“to be weak, limp, languid”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *slappōną (“to be slack”), Latin lābor (“to slip, sink down”), labō (“to totter, waver”).
Adjective
*slàbъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slabъ | *slaba | *slabo |
| genitive | *slaba | *slaby | *slaba |
| dative | *slabu | *slabě | *slabu |
| accusative | *slabъ | *slabǫ | *slabo |
| instrumental | *slabomь | *slabojǫ | *slabomь |
| locative | *slabě | *slabě | *slabě |
| vocative | *slabe | *slabo | *slabo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *slaba | *slabě | *slabě |
| genitive | *slabu | *slabu | *slabu |
| dative | *slaboma | *slabama | *slaboma |
| accusative | *slaba | *slabě | *slabě |
| instrumental | *slaboma | *slabama | *slaboma |
| locative | *slabu | *slabu | *slabu |
| vocative | *slaba | *slabě | *slabě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *slabi | *slaby | *slaba |
| genitive | *slabъ | *slabъ | *slabъ |
| dative | *slabomъ | *slabamъ | *slabomъ |
| accusative | *slaby | *slaby | *slaba |
| instrumental | *slaby | *slabami | *slaby |
| locative | *slaběxъ | *slabaxъ | *slaběxъ |
| vocative | *slabi | *slaby | *slaba |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slabъjь | *slabaja | *slaboje |
| genitive | *slabajego | *slabyję̇ | *slabajego |
| dative | *slabujemu | *slaběji | *slabujemu |
| accusative | *slabъjь | *slabǫjǫ | *slaboje |
| instrumental | *slabyjimь | *slabǫjǫ | *slabyjimь |
| locative | *slabějemь | *slaběji | *slabějemь |
| vocative | *slabъjь | *slabaja | *slaboje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *slabaja | *slaběji | *slaběji |
| genitive | *slabuju | *slabuju | *slabuju |
| dative | *slabyjima | *slabyjima | *slabyjima |
| accusative | *slabaja | *slaběji | *slaběji |
| instrumental | *slabyjima | *slabyjima | *slabyjima |
| locative | *slabuju | *slabuju | *slabuju |
| vocative | *slabaja | *slaběji | *slaběji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *slabiji | *slabyję̇ | *slabaja |
| genitive | *slabъjixъ | *slabъjixъ | *slabъjixъ |
| dative | *slabyjimъ | *slabyjimъ | *slabyjimъ |
| accusative | *slabyję̇ | *slabyję̇ | *slabaja |
| instrumental | *slabyjimi | *slabyjimi | *slabyjimi |
| locative | *slabyjixъ | *slabyjixъ | *slabyjixъ |
| vocative | *slabiji | *slabyję̇ | *slabaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сла́бый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress