Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golǫbъ

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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

Back-formation from *gȍlǭbь (pigeon), referring to the bird's neck plumage, i.e. “pigeon-colored”.

Adjective

*gȍlǫbъ

  1. blue

Declension

Indefinite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *golǫbъ *golǫba *golǫbo
genitive *golǫba *golǫby *golǫba
dative *golǫbu *golǫbě *golǫbu
accusative *golǫbъ *golǫbǫ *golǫbo
instrumental *golǫbomь *golǫbojǫ *golǫbomь
locative *golǫbě *golǫbě *golǫbě
vocative *golǫbe *golǫbo *golǫbo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *golǫba *golǫbě *golǫbě
genitive *golǫbu *golǫbu *golǫbu
dative *golǫboma *golǫbama *golǫboma
accusative *golǫba *golǫbě *golǫbě
instrumental *golǫboma *golǫbama *golǫboma
locative *golǫbu *golǫbu *golǫbu
vocative *golǫba *golǫbě *golǫbě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *golǫbi *golǫby *golǫba
genitive *golǫbъ *golǫbъ *golǫbъ
dative *golǫbomъ *golǫbamъ *golǫbomъ
accusative *golǫby *golǫby *golǫba
instrumental *golǫby *golǫbami *golǫby
locative *golǫběxъ *golǫbaxъ *golǫběxъ
vocative *golǫbi *golǫby *golǫba

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golǫbъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 217

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “голубой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, pages 20–21
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*golǫbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175:adj. o ‘blue’
  4. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “golǫbъ golǫba golǫbo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c blå (PR 138)