Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obolstь

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

Back-formation from *obolsti (“to control”).

Noun

*obolstь f

1. territory ruled by one ruler, oblast

Declension

Declension of *obolstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obolstь	*obolsti	*obolsti
genitive	*obolsti	*obolstьju, *obolsťu*	*obolstьjь, *obolsti*
dative	*obolsti	*obolstьma	*obolstьmъ
accusative	*obolstь	*obolsti	*obolsti
instrumental	*obolstьjǫ, *obolsťǫ*	*obolstьma	*obolstьmi
locative	*obolsti	*obolstьju, *obolsťu*	*obolstьxъ
vocative	*obolsti	*obolsti	*obolsti

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: оболость (obolostĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: область (oblastĭ)

    • → Belarusian: во́бласць (vóblascʹ)
    • Bulgarian: област (oblast)
    • → Russian: о́бласть (óblastʹ)
    • → Ukrainian: о́бласть (óblastʹ)
  • Macedonian: област (oblast)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏бла̄ст

    Latin script: ȍblāst

  • Slovene: oblást
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: oblast
  • >? Polish: obłość (since 19th century)
  • Slovak: oblasť

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “область”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “oblast”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438