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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezzǫbъ

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 *bez- (without) + *zǫbъ (tooth) + *-ьnъ.

Adjective

*bezzǫbъ

  1. edentate

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бяззу́бы (bjazzúby)
    • Russian: беззу́бый (bezzúbyj)
    • Ukrainian: беззу́бий (bezzúbyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: беззъ̀б (bezzǎ̀b)
    • Macedonian: беззаб (bezzab)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бѐзуб
      Latin script: bèzub
    • Slovene: brezzób (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezzǫbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 53
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