Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obličьje

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

By surface analysis, *oblikъ +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*obličьje n

1. face, appearance, look

Declension

Declension of *obličьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obličьje	*obličьji	*obličьja
genitive	*obličьja	*obličьju	*obličьjь
dative	*obličьju	*obličьjema	*obličьjemъ
accusative	*obličьje	*obličьji	*obličьja
instrumental	*obličьjьmь, *obličьjemь*	*obličьjema	*obličьji
locative	*obličьji	*obličьju	*obličьjixъ
vocative	*obličьje	*obličьji	*obličьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обличье (obličĭje), обличие (obličije)
    • Old Ruthenian: обли́чьє (oblíčʹje), обли́чїє (oblíčije), обли́чъє (oblíčʺje), обли́чє (oblíčje), обли́ччє (oblíččje)
      • Belarusian: аблі́чча (ablíčča); облі́чче (oblíččje), облі́ч'е (oblíčʺje) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: обли́ччя (oblýččja); обли́ча (oblýča) (dialectal)
    • Russian: обли́чье (oblíčʹje), обли́чие (oblíčije)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⰱⰾⰻⱍⰻⰵ (obličie)

    Old Cyrillic script: обличиѥ (obličije)

    • Macedonian: обличjе (obličje)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀блӣчје

    Latin script: òblīčje

  • Slovene: oblíčje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obličie, obličěj
    • Czech: obličej
  • Old Polish: oblicze
    • Polish: oblicze
    • Silesian: ôblicze
  • Old Slovak: obličaj
    • Slovak: obličaj (archaic)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: hoblico, woblice (obsolete), woblico
    • Upper Sorbian: wobličo