Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězьba

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

Formed as *rězati (“to cut, to carve”) +‎ *-ьba.

Noun

*rězьba f

1. carving, fretwork

Declension

Declension of *rězьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rězьba	*rězьbě	*rězьby
genitive	*rězьby	*rězьbu	*rězьbъ
dative	*rězьbě	*rězьbama	*rězьbamъ
accusative	*rězьbǫ	*rězьbě	*rězьby
instrumental	*rězьbojǫ, *rězьbǫ**	*rězьbama	*rězьbami
locative	*rězьbě	*rězьbu	*rězьbasъ, *rězьbaxъ*
vocative	*rězьbo	*rězьbě	*rězьby

^* -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).

Related terms

• *rězъ (“carving, acute pain”)
• *rězenь (“slice”)
• *raziti (“to pound, to astound”)
  • *poraženьje (“defeat”)
  • *sъraženьje (“combat”)
• *zaraza (“infectious disease”)

Derived terms

• *rězьbařь (“sculptor, carver”)
• *rězьbařьstvo (“wood-carving (as a craft)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: резьба́ (rezʹbá)
  • Ukrainian: різьба́ (rizʹbá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: рѣзьба (rězĭba)
  • Bulgarian: резба́ (rezbá)
  • Macedonian: резба (rezba)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: рѐзба

    Latin script: rèzba

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: řezba
  • Polish: rzeźba

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “резба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 210
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “rezbár”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si