Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bebrъ

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus

Proto-Slavic *bebrъ

Noun

*bèbrъ m

1. Alternative form of *bòbrъ

Declension

Predonimantly:

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bèbrъ	*bebrà	*bebrì
genitive	*bebrà	*bebrù	*bèbrъ
dative	*bebrù	*bebròma	*bebròmъ
accusative	*bèbrъ	*bebrà	*bebrỳ
instrumental	*bebrъ̀mь, *bebròmь*	*bebròma	*bèbry
locative	*bebrě̀	*bebrù	*bèbrěxъ
vocative	*bebre	*bebrà	*bebrì

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

Originally (attested in early East Slavic):

Declension of *bèbrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bèbrъ	*bebrỳ	*bebròve
genitive	*bebrù	*bebròvu	*bebròvъ
dative	*bebròvi	*bèbrъma	*bebrъ̀mъ
accusative	*bèbrъ	*bebrỳ	*bebrỳ
instrumental	*bebrъ̀mь	*bèbrъma	*bèbrъmī
locative	*bèbru	*bebròvu	*bebrъ̀xъ
vocative	*bebru	*bebrỳ	*bebròve

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бебръ (bebrŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *бебръ (*bebr)
      • Ukrainian: бебр (bebr) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: бебръ (bebrŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: бебръ (bebrŭ) (Serbian recension)
  • Bulgarian: бе́бер (béber)
  • Slovene: bébər, brébər (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: běbr

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 174