хлѣбе

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• хлебе (xlebe), хльбь (xlĭbĭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlě̀bъ (“bread”). Cognates include Old East Slavic хлѣбъ (xlěbŭ) and Slovene hlẹ̑b.

Noun

хлѣбе (xlěbe) m

1. bread

   а хлѣбе здѣсе в… ― a xlěbe zděse v… ― And the bread is here…

Declension

Declension of хлѣбе (irregular)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	хлѣбе xlěbe	хлѣба xlěba	хлѣби xlěbi
genitive	хлѣба xlěba	хлѣбу xlěbu	хлѣбъ xlěbŭ
dative	хлѣбу xlěbu		хлѣбомъ xlěbomŭ
accusative	хлѣбъ xlěbŭ	хлѣба xlěba	хлѣбѣ xlěbě
instrumental	хлѣбъмь xlěbŭmĭ		хлѣбꙑ xlěby
locative	хлѣбѣ xlěbě	хлѣбу xlěbu	хлѣбѣхъ xlěběxŭ
vocative	хлѣбе xlěbe

Further reading

• “а хлѣбе здѣсе в… (letter no. 19)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “хлѣбъ”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 814