Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bebrъ
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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
Etymology tree
Noun
*bèbrъ m
- alternative form of *bòbrъ
Declension
Predonimantly:
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bèbrъ | *bebrà | *bebrì |
| genitive | *bebrà | *bebrù | *bèbrъ |
| dative | *bebrù | *bebròma | *bebròmъ |
| accusative | *bèbrъ | *bebrà | *bebrỳ |
| instrumental | *bebrъ̀mь, *bebròmь* | *bebròma | *bèbry |
| locative | *bebrě̀ | *bebrù | *bèbrěxъ |
| vocative | *bebre | *bebrà | *bebrì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Originally (attested in early East Slavic):
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bèbrъ | *bebrỳ | *bebròve |
| genitive | *bebrù | *bebròvu | *bebròvъ |
| dative | *bebròvi | *bèbrъma | *bebrъ̀mъ |
| accusative | *bèbrъ | *bebrỳ | *bebrỳ |
| instrumental | *bebrъ̀mь | *bèbrъma | *bèbrъmī |
| locative | *bèbru | *bebròvu | *bebrъ̀xъ |
| vocative | *bebru | *bebrỳ | *bebròve |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: бебръ (bebrŭ) (Serbian recension)
- Bulgarian: бе́бер (béber)
- Slovene: bébər, brébər (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: běbr
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 174