Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bugъrъ

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-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Latvian bаugurs (“hill”).

Noun

*bugъrъ m

1. hill, hillock
2. bump (protuberance)

Inflection

Declension of *bugъrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bugъrъ	*bugъra	*bugъri
genitive	*bugъra	*bugъru	*bugъrъ
dative	*bugъru	*bugъroma	*bugъromъ
accusative	*bugъrъ	*bugъra	*bugъry
instrumental	*bugъrъmь, *bugъromь*	*bugъroma	*bugъry
locative	*bugъrě	*bugъru	*bugъrěxъ
vocative	*bugъre	*bugъra	*bugъri

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

Related terms

• *bugъla (instrumental noun)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: буго́р (buhór)
  • Russian: буго́р (bugór)
  • Ukrainian: бугі́р (buhír), буге́р (buhér)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бугор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bugъrъ/*bugorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 79