Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvoroba

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 *xvorъ +‎ *-oba.

    Noun

    *xvoroba f

    1. disease, illness

    Declension

    Declension of *xvoroba (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *xvoroba *xvorobě *xvoroby
    genitive *xvoroby *xvorobu *xvorobъ
    dative *xvorobě *xvorobama *xvorobamъ
    accusative *xvorobǫ *xvorobě *xvoroby
    instrumental *xvorobojǫ, *xvorobǫ** *xvorobama *xvorobami
    locative *xvorobě *xvorobu *xvorobasъ, *xvorobaxъ*
    vocative *xvorobo *xvorobě *xvoroby

    * -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

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: *хворо́ба (*xvoróba)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: choroba
      • Old Polish: choroba
        • Polish: choroba
          • → Old Ruthenian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
            • Ukrainian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
              • → Russian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
        • Silesian: choroba
      • Old Slovak: choroba
      • Pomeranian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: chóroba
        • Upper Sorbian: choroba

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoroba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
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