Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osъpa

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 *osuti (“to secrete, to pour”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*osъpa f

  1. (pathology) smallpox

Declension

Declension of *osъpa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *osъpa *osъpě *osъpy
genitive *osъpy *osъpu *osъpъ
dative *osъpě *osъpama *osъpamъ
accusative *osъpǫ *osъpě *osъpy
instrumental *osъpojǫ, *osъpǫ** *osъpama *osъpami
locative *osъpě *osъpu *osъpasъ, *osъpaxъ*
vocative *osъpo *osъpě *osъpy

* -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).

  • *sỳpati (“to pour, to spew”)
  • *osypъ (“rash”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: осъпа (osŭpa)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech:
    • Polish: ospa
    • Slovak:
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: wospica
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: wospica

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́спа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “оспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 944
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