Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobľestь

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 *dobľь (“noble, brave, honest”) +‎ *-estь (“-ness”).

Noun

*dobľestь f

1. bravery
2. honour

Declension

Declension of *dobľestь (i-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*dobľestь
genitive	*dobľesti
dative	*dobľesti
accusative	*dobľestь
instrumental	*dobľestьjǫ, *dobľesťǫ*
locative	*dobľesti
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

Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰabʰ- not found

Derived terms

• *dobľestьnъ (“valiant, noble”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: доблѥсть (dobljestĭ)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

    • → Old East Slavic: доблесть (doblestĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: до́блесть (dóblestʹ)
        • Belarusian: до́блесць (dóbljescʹ)
        • Ukrainian: до́блесть (dóblestʹ)
      • Russian: до́блесть (dóblestʹ)
  • Bulgarian: доблест (doblest)
  • Macedonian: доблест (doblest)
  • Slovene: dobljȇst (“capability”)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobľestь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 40