Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobrota

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 *dobrъ +‎ *-ota.

Noun

*dobrota f

goodness

Declension

Declension of *dobrota (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dobrota	*dobrotě	*dobroty
Accusative	*dobrotǫ	*dobrotě	*dobroty
Genitive	*dobroty	*dobrotu	*dobrotъ
Locative	*dobrotě	*dobrotu	dobrotasъ, dobrotaxъ^*
Dative	*dobrotě	*dobrotama	*dobrotamъ
Instrumental	dobrotojǫ, dobrotǫ^**	*dobrotama	*dobrotami
Vocative	*dobroto	*dobrotě	*dobroty

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: доброта (dobrota)
  - Old Ruthenian: доброта́ (dobrotá)[1][2]
    - Belarusian: дабрата́ (dabratá)
    - Ukrainian: доброта́ (dobrotá)
  - Russian: доброта́ (dobrotá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: доброта (dobrota)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰴⱁⰱⱃⱁⱅⰰ (dobrota)
- Bulgarian: доброта́ (dobrotá)
- Macedonian: доброта (dobrota)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: добро̀та
  
  Latin: dobròta
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): dobrotȁ
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): dobrȍta
  - Chakavian (Kukljica): dobrotȃ
  - Chakavian (Grobnik): dobrotȁ
  - Chakavian (Susak): dobrõta
  - Chakavian (Komiža): dobrotȃ
  - Chakavian (Rab): dobrotȁ
  - Kajkavian (Varaždin): dobrȏta
  - Kajkavian (Čabar): dabr'uta
- Slovene: dobrọ̑ta (tonal orthography)
  - (Črni vrh, Idrija): dḁbrȗətḁ
  - (Zadrečka dolina): dəb'rọːta
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dobrota
  - Czech: dobrota
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): dobrota
- Old Polish: dobrota
- Slovincian: dɵbrʉ̀ɵ̯tă
- Slovak: dobrota
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: dobrota
  - Lower Sorbian: dobrota

Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “доброта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 143
Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “доброта”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – М, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 306

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[1] Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “доброта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 143

[2] Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “доброта”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – М, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 306