Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obitělь

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 *obvitati +‎ *-ělь. *obvitati is from *ob +‎ *viti.

Noun

*obitělь f

1. dwelling, habitation, abode

Inflection

Declension of *obitělь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obitělь	*obitěli	*obitěli
genitive	*obitěli	*obitělьju, *obitěľu*	*obitělьjь, *obitěli*
dative	*obitěli	*obitělьma	*obitělьmъ
accusative	*obitělь	*obitěli	*obitěli
instrumental	*obitělьjǫ, *obitěľǫ*	*obitělьma	*obitělьmi
locative	*obitěli	*obitělьju, *obitěľu*	*obitělьxъ
vocative	*obitěli	*obitěli	*obitěli

^* 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

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: обитѣль (obitělĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⰱⰺⱅⱑⰾⱐ (obitělĭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: обитѣль (obitělĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: оби́тѣль (obítělʹ), обы́тѣль (obýtělʹ)
        • Ukrainian: оби́тель (obýtelʹ)
      • Russian: оби́тель (obítelʹ)
  • Bulgarian: обѝтел (obìtel), Би́толя (Bítolja) (a city in North Macedonia)
  • Macedonian: обител (obitel), Битола (Bitola) (a city in North Macedonia)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: оби́тељ

    Latin script: obítelj

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обител”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 744