голѫбъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

голѫбъ (golǫbŭm

  1. Alternative form of голѫбь (golǫbĭ)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȍlǫbъ. Cognates include Old Polish gołęby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlõbʊ//ˈɡɔlubʊ//ˈɡɔlub/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlõbʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlubʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlub/

  • Hyphenation: го‧лѫ‧бъ

Adjective

голѫбъ (golǫbŭ)

  1. light blue
  2. (of animals) ash-gray

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “голꙋбꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 546
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1989), “голоубыи”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (възалкати – добродѣтельникъ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 350
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1977), “голубой”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 4 (г – дяфинъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 70