Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobyrь

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 *boba +‎ *-yrь.

Noun

*bobyrь m

1. a kind of fish

Declension

Declension of *bobyrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bobyrь	*bobyri	*bobyrьje, *bobyře*
genitive	*bobyri	*bobyrьju, *bobyřu*	*bobyrьjь, *bobyri*
dative	*bobyri	*bobyrьma	*bobyrьmъ
accusative	*bobyrь	*bobyri	*bobyri
instrumental	*bobyrьmь	*bobyrьma	*bobyrьmi
locative	*bobyri	*bobyrьju, *bobyřu*	*bobyrьxъ
vocative	*bobyri	*bobyri	*bobyrьje, *bobyře*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *bobica
• *bobika
• *bobišče
• *bobovina
• *bobovišče
• *bobovъ
• *bobulь / *bobulja / *bobъlja
• *bobuša / *bobušьka / *bobyšьka
• *bobъka
• *bobъkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бобꙑрь (bobyrĭ)
    • Russian: бобы́рь (bobýrʹ), бубы́рь (bubýrʹ)
    • Old Ukrainian: бобы́рь (bobýrʹ)
      • Ukrainian: боби́р (bobýr), буби́р (bubýr)
        • → Polish: bobyr

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 150