Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbь

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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

Either of onomatopoeic origin from the same root as Proto-Slavic *verva (fuss, noise), *verskъ (scream) or probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (to peck, to scratch), akin to Lithuanian žvi̇̀rblis (sparrow) , Latvian zvirbulis (sparrow), virblis (eagle) (dialectal). If correct, the Baltic forms would reflect the s-mobile form of the root.

Noun

*võrbь m

  1. sparrow

Declension

Declension of *võrbь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *võrbь *vōrbì *võrbьjē, *võrbľē*
genitive *võrbi *võrbьju, *vorbľu* *vōrbь̀jь, *võrbi*
dative *vōrbì *võrbьma *vōrbь̀mъ
accusative *võrbь *vōrbì *vōrbì
instrumental *vōrbь̀mь *võrbьma *võrbьmī
locative *võrbi *võrbьju, *vorbľu* *vōrbь̀xъ
vocative *vorbi *vōrbì *võrbьjē, *võrbľē*

* 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).

Derived terms

Descendants

The primary i-stem is attested only indirectly, e.g. in Ukrainian вороб'я́ pl (vorobʺjá) (dialectal) and in loanwords:

  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Ukrainian: воробѧ́ n (vorobjá, sparrow) (< *võrbь + *-ę)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b spurv (PR 134)
  3. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробѧ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 231