Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olbǫdь, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *albits (“swan”) and *albiz (> elf).

Noun

*ȏlbǭdь m

  1. swan

Declension

Derksen 2008 reconstructs this word as a jo-stem, but this must be secondary given the lack of iotation of final *d. Per Derksen, this word is either accent class c or a.

Declension of *ȏlbǭdь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ȏlbǭdь *ȏlbǭdi *ȏlbǭdьjē, *ȏlbǭďē*
genitive *olbǭdí *olbǭdьjù, *olbǫďu* *olbǭdь̀jь
dative *ȏlbǭdi *olbǭdьmà *ȏlbǭdьmъ
accusative *ȏlbǭdь *ȏlbǭdi *ȏlbǭdi
instrumental *ȏlbǭdьmь *olbǭdьmà *olbǭdьmì
locative *olbǭdí *olbǭdьjù, *olbǫďu* *ȏlbǭdьxъ
vocative *olbǫdi *ȏlbǭdi *ȏlbǭdьjē, *ȏlbǭďē*
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic languages:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olbędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 50
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лебедь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*olbǭdь; *olbǭtь; *elbedь; *elbǭtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 365: “m. jo (c (a)) ‘swan’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “olbǫdь (lebedь, lebędь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c svane (PR 138)”
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia