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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ubogъ

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

A bahuvrihi compound of *u and an adjective *bogъ (fortunate), but which later shifted in meaning to "god". Compare *nebogъ (poor).

Adjective

*ubògъ

  1. poor

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: оубогъ (ubogŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱆⰱⱁⰳⱏ (ubogŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: у̏бог
      Latin: ȕbog
    • Slovene: ubọ̑g (tonal orthography)

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ubògъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), убо́гий”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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