Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bugrъ

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”).

Noun

*bugrъ m

1. hill, hillock
2. bump (protuberance)

Inflection

Declension of *bugrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bugrъ	*bugra	*bugri
genitive	*bugra	*bugru	*bugrъ
dative	*bugru	*bugroma	*bugromъ
accusative	*bugrъ	*bugra	*bugry
instrumental	*bugrъmь, *bugromь*	*bugroma	*bugry
locative	*bugrě	*bugru	*bugrěxъ
vocative	*bugre	*bugra	*bugri

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: буго́р (bugór)
  • Ukrainian: бугі́р (buhír)

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