Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/astrębъ

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

Suggested from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀśuptrembas, possibly from *h₁ōḱú-pth₂r̥, from *h₂eḱ-us (“swift, fast”) + the zero grade of *pter- (“wing”), whence Ancient Greek ὠκύπτερος (ōkúpteros, “swift-winged (hawk or falcon)”), Latin accipiter (“hawk”), and from the first word in the compound, Sanskrit आशु (āśú), Latin ōcior, Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús).

Noun

*àstrę̄bъ m

1. hawk

Declension

Declension of *àstrę̄bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àstrę̄bъ	*àstrę̄ba	*àstrę̄bi
genitive	*àstrę̄ba	*àstrę̄bu	*àstrę̄bъ
dative	*àstrę̄bu	*àstrę̄boma	*àstrę̄bomъ
accusative	*àstrę̄bъ	*àstrę̄ba	*àstrę̄by
instrumental	*àstrę̄bъmь, *àstrę̄bomь*	*àstrę̄boma	*àstrę̄bȳ
locative	*àstrę̄bě	*àstrę̄bu	*àstrę̄bě̄xъ
vocative	*àstrę̄be	*àstrę̄ba	*àstrę̄bi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *àstrę̄bь
• *àstrě̄bъ
• *àsъtrę̄bъ
• *àsъtrě̄bъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗстрѧбъ (jastrębŭ), ꙗстребъ (jastrebŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́стребъ (jástreb), ꙗ́страбъ (jástrab) — Middle Belarusian
      • Belarusian: я́страб (jástrab)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: я́стряб (jástrjab), астря́б (astrjáb)
      • Ukrainian: я́стріб (jástrib), я́стреб (jástreb), астря́б (astrjáb) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: я́стер (jáster) (dialectal)
    • Russian: я́стреб (jástreb)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́стреб (jástreb)
  • Macedonian: јастреб (jastreb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̏стре̄б, ја̏стријеб

    Latin script: jȁstrēb, jȁstrijeb

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): jȁstrēb
    • Chakavian (Orlec): jãstrop
  • Slovene: jȃstreb (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jestřáb, jěstřáb
    • Czech: jestřáb
  • Polish: jastrząb
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: jastrzib
    • Slovincian: jastrzyb
  • Old Slovak: jastrab
    • Pannonian Rusyn: ястраб (jastrab)
    • Slovak: jastrab
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jastśeb
    • Upper Sorbian: jatřob

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ястреб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*astrębъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 82