дѫбъ

See also: дубъ

Old Church Slavonic

дѫбъ

Alternative forms

• доубъ (dubŭ)
• дꙋбъ (dubŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ.

Noun

дѫбъ • (dǫbŭ) m

1. oak
2. tree
3. (paganism) object of worship
   • from Vita Constantini, 1201000-1201010:

     Бѣшѧ въ фоульсцѣ ѧзъіцѣ дѫбъ велии· съраслъ сѧ съ чрѣшн҄еѭ· подъ нимь же трѣбъі дѣѣхѫ·

     Běšę vŭ fulĭscě ęzycě dǫbŭ velii· sŭraslŭ sę sŭ črěšnʹejǫ· podŭ nimĭ že trěby děěxǫ·

     In the land of Phoullae stood a great oak which had grown together with a cherry tree, and under it sacrifices were offered.

   • from the Life of Theodosius of Tarnovo:

     покла́нꙗти бо се нака́ꙁовааше доу́бꙋ, и ѿ нѥго исцѣлѥ́нїа прїе́мати. тѣ́мже и мнѡѕи овце иагньце та́мо жрѣ́хꙋ вѣ́роующе та́ковѣи прѣль́сти.

     poklánjati bo se nakázovaaše dúbu, i otŭ njego iscěljénia priémati. tě́mže i mnodzi ovce iagnĭce támo žrě́xu vě́rujušte tákověi prělĭ́sti.

     Because he taught them to worship an oak tree, from which they could obtain healing. For this reason, they sacrificed many sheep and lambs at this tree, believing in this deceit.

Declension

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дѫбъ dǫbŭ	дѫба dǫba	дѫби dǫbi
genitive	дѫба dǫba	дѫбоу dǫbu	дѫбъ dǫbŭ
dative	дѫбоу dǫbu	дѫбома dǫboma	дѫбомъ dǫbomŭ
accusative	дѫбъ dǫbŭ	дѫба dǫba	дѫбꙑ dǫby
instrumental	дѫбомъ dǫbomŭ	дѫбома dǫboma	дѫбꙑ dǫby
locative	дѫбѣ dǫbě	дѫбоу dǫbu	дѫбѣхъ dǫběxŭ
vocative	дѫбе dǫbe	дѫба dǫba	дѫби dǫbi

Declension of дѫбъ (o-stem)

Derived terms

• дѫбие (dǫbie)
• дѫбрава (dǫbrava)
• дѫбравьнъ (dǫbravĭnŭ)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София