Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bigrъ

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

Mostly limited to South Slavic. Mladenov, Skok compare it with Albanian bigorr (“type of carstic formation”) and consider Pre-Slavic origin, possibly from a paleo-Balkan substrate. Compare futher Lithuanian bìgas (“tiny, crumbled”), baikštas (“timid”).

Likely unrelated to dialectal Russian би́гать (bígatʹ, “to dry out”).

Noun

*bigrъ m

1. limescale, chalk (calcareous material)

Declension

Declension of *bigrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bigrъ	*bigra	*bigri
genitive	*bigra	*bigru	*bigrъ
dative	*bigru	*bigroma	*bigromъ
accusative	*bigrъ	*bigra	*bigry
instrumental	*bigrъmь, *bigromь*	*bigroma	*bigry
locative	*bigrě	*bigru	*bigrěxъ
vocative	*bigre	*bigra	*bigri

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: би́гор (bígor)
  • Macedonian: бигор (bigor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: би̏гар
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: Бигренац, Бигреница (toponyms in Eastern Serbia)
    • → Romanian: Bigăr (in toponyms)
      • → Slovak: bigar (via Romanian)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бигор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 46
• Skok, Petar (1971) “bigar”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 147
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бигать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 175