голѫбе

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gȍlǫbъ.

Adjective

голѫбе (golǫbe)

1. ash-colored, ashy, light gray (about the color of the animal)
2. blue

Declension

Short declension of голѫбе (hard o/a stem)

	singular
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	голѫбе golǫbe	голѫбо golǫbo	голѫба golǫba

Long declension of голѫбе (hard o/a stem)

	singular
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	голѫбеи golǫbei	голѫбоѥ golǫboje	голѫбаꙗ golǫbaja

Further reading

• “и вꙑ имъ къне мъи голубꙑи даите… (letter no. 142)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “голубꙑи”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 725