Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobrъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.
Noun
Declension
Predominantly:
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bòbrъ | *bobrà | *bobrì |
| genitive | *bobrà | *bobrù | *bòbrъ |
| dative | *bobrù | *bobròma | *bobròmъ |
| accusative | *bòbrъ | *bobrà | *bobrỳ |
| instrumental | *bobrъ̀mь, *bobròmь* | *bobròma | *bòbry |
| locative | *bobrě̀ | *bobrù | *bòbrěxъ |
| vocative | *bobre | *bobrà | *bobrì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Probably originally (attested in early East Slavic):
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bòbrъ | *bobrỳ | *bobròve |
| genitive | *bobrù | *bobròvu | *bobròvъ |
| dative | *bobròvi | *bòbrъma | *bobrъ̀mъ |
| accusative | *bòbrъ | *bobrỳ | *bobrỳ |
| instrumental | *bobrъ̀mь | *bòbrъma | *bòbrъmī |
| locative | *bòbru | *bobròvu | *bobrъ̀xъ |
| vocative | *bobru | *bobrỳ | *bobròve |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бо́бър (bóbǎr)
- Slovene: bọ́bər, bóbər (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Non-slavic:
- → Romanian: bober
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьbrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 159
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bebrъ; *bobrъ; *bьbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “m. o (b) ‘beaver’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bebrъ (bobrъ) -u”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bæver (NA 128f.; SA 21; PR 134)”