Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobľestь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dobľь (“noble, brave, honest”) +‎ *-estь (“-ness”).

Noun

*dobľestь f

Declension

Declension of *dobľestь (i-stem, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*dobľestь
Accusative	*dobľestь
Genitive	*dobľesti
Locative	*dobľesti
Dative	*dobľesti
Instrumental	dobľestьjǫ, dobľesťǫ^*
Vocative	*dobľesti

^* 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).

Related terms

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Derived terms

*dobľestьnъ (“valiant, noble”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: доблесть (doblestĭ)
  - Russian: до́блесть (dóblestʹ)
  - Ukrainian: до́блесть (dóblestʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: доблесть (doblestĭ)
- Bulgarian: доблест (doblest)
- Macedonian: доблест (doblest)
- Slovene: dobljȇst (“capability”)

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobľestь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 40

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