бебръ

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Old Novgorodian

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰébʰrus
    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-
    Proto-Indo-European *-us
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus
    Proto-Slavic *bèbrъ
    Old Novgorodian бебръ (bebrŭ)

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bèbrъ.[1] First attested in c. 1120‒1140. Cognate with Old East Slavic бебръ (bebrŭ), dialectal Ukrainian бебр (bebr). Doublet of бобръ (bobrŭ).

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: бе‧бръ

    Noun

    бебръ • (bebrŭ) m[2]

    1. beaver
    2. beaver pelt
      • c. 1120‒1140, Берестяная грамота № 1121 [Birchbark letter no. 1121]‎, Novgorod:
        … [ : и ѧ]ꙁ[ъ] крале бебрꙑ про дан[ь] и : грн҃ве въ беб[ръ]хъ …
        … [ : i ję]z[ŭ] krale bebry pro dan[ĭ] i : grn:ve vŭ beb[rŭ]xŭ …
        … and I stole beavers (about the tribute ‒ 8 hryvnia in beaver skins).
      • c. 1160‒1180, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 721/647/683 [Birchbark letter no. 721/647/683]‎, Novgorod:
        + се въ кънее : бебръв[ъ] …
        + se vŭ kŭneje : bebrŭv[ŭ] …
        Now, in Konee (?) beavers …
      • c. 1220‒1240, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 600 [Birchbark letter no. 600]‎, Novgorod:
        … · оурекꙑваютсѧ бебрꙑ · …
        … · urekyvajutsę bebry · …
        promise beavers.

    Declension

    Declension of бебръ (u-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative бебръ
    bebrŭ     		бебрꙑ
    bebry     		беброве, бебрꙑ
    bebrove, bebry
    genitive беброу
    bebru     		бебровоу
    bebrovu     		бебровъ
    bebrovŭ
    dative беброви, беброу
    bebrovi, bebru     		бебръма
    bebrŭma     		бебръмъ
    bebrŭmŭ
    accusative бебръ
    bebrŭ     		бебрꙑ
    bebry     		бебрꙑ
    bebry
    instrumental бебръмь
    bebrŭmĭ     		бебръма
    bebrŭma     		бебръми, бебрꙑ
    bebrŭmi, bebry
    locative беброу
    bebru     		бебровоу
    bebrovu     		бебръхъ
    bebrŭxŭ
    vocative беброу
    bebru     		бебрꙑ
    bebry     		беброве
    bebrove
    Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (1 c, 0 e)
    nouns

    References

    1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бебръ І”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 20
    2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 711

    Further reading

    • “бебръ”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2024
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