Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьjь
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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
Noun
- alternative form of *vorbь (“sparrow”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vorbь̀jь | *vorbьjà | *vorbьjì |
| genitive | *vorbьjà | *vorbьjù | *vorbь̀jь |
| dative | *vorbьjù | *vorbьjèma | *vorbь̀jemъ |
| accusative | *vorbь̀jь | *vorbьjà | *vorbьję̇̀ |
| instrumental | *vorbьjь̀mь, *vorbьjèmь* | *vorbьjèma | *vorbь̀ji |
| locative | *vorbьjì | *vorbьjù | *vorbь̀jixъ |
| vocative | *vorbьju | *vorbьjà | *vorbьjì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вороби́и (vorobíi), вереби́и (verebíi)
- Middle Belarusian: воробе́й (vorobéj)
- Russian: воробе́й (vorobéj); веребе́й (verebéj) (dialectal); Воробей (Vorobej) (surname)
- ⇒ Middle Russian: Воробьевъ (Vorobʹjev) (surname)
- Russian: Воробьёв (Vorobʹjóv) (surname)
- Middle Ukrainian: воробе́й (vorobéj), воробїй (vorobyj); Воробеи (Vorobey, “surname”)
- Old East Slavic: вороби́и (vorobíi), вереби́и (verebíi)
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воробей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spurv (PR 134)”
- ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “воробей”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 186
- ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробей, воробїй”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 230