Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьbrъ

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-Balto-Slavic *bíbrus. Doublet of *bèbrъ and *bòbrъ.

Noun

*bь̀brъ m

1. Alternative form of *bèbrъ

Inflection

Declension of *bь̀brъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bь̀brъ	*bьbrà	*bьbrì
genitive	*bьbrà	*bьbrù	*bь̀brъ
dative	*bьbrù	*bьbròma	*bьbròmъ
accusative	*bь̀brъ	*bьbrà	*bьbrỳ
instrumental	*bьbrъ̀mь, *bьbròmь*	*bьbròma	*bь̀bry
locative	*bьbrě̀	*bьbrù	*bь̀brěxъ
vocative	*bьbre	*bьbrà	*bьbrì

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бьбръ (bĭbrŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (б – б > д – б)

    Cyrillic script: да̀бар

    Latin script: dàbar

    • → Macedonian: дабар (dabar)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьbrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 159