Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorgorъ

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 reduplication of onomatopoeic base *gor-gor.

Noun

*gorgorъ m

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Declension

Declension of *gorgorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gorgorъ	*gorgora	*gorgori
genitive	*gorgora	*gorgoru	*gorgorъ
dative	*gorgoru	*gorgoroma	*gorgoromъ
accusative	*gorgorъ	*gorgora	*gorgory
instrumental	*gorgorъmь, *gorgoromь*	*gorgoroma	*gorgory
locative	*gorgorě	*gorgoru	*gorgorěxъ
vocative	*gorgore	*gorgora	*gorgori

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гра́горъ (grágor, “pebble, shingle”), dial. гра́гор (grágor)
  • Macedonian: dial. грагор (gragor, “noise, buzz (of voices); chatter”)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gorgorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 43