Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zǫbrъ

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

*zǫbrъ

Etymology

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According to Vasmer, possibly related to *zǫbъ.

Noun

*zǫbrъ m

European bison, wisent (Bison bonasus)

Inflection

Declension of *zǫbrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zǫbrъ	*zǫbra	*zǫbri
genitive	*zǫbra	*zǫbru	*zǫbrъ
dative	*zǫbru	*zǫbroma	*zǫbromъ
accusative	*zǫbrъ	*zǫbra	*zǫbry
instrumental	zǫbrъmь, zǫbromь^*	*zǫbroma	*zǫbry
locative	*zǫbrě	*zǫbru	*zǫbrěxъ
vocative	*zǫbre	*zǫbra	*zǫbri

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *зубръ (*zubrŭ), зубрь (zubrĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: зубръ (zubr), зубрь (zubrʹ), зоубръ (zubr), зꙋбръ (zubr), зꙋбрь (zubrʹ) — alternative spelling
    - Belarusian: зубр (zubr); зу́бар (zúbar) (Taraškievica orthography)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: зубор (zubor)
    - Ukrainian: зубр (zubr); зу́бір (zúbir) (dialectal)
    - → Old Polish: zubr
      - Polish: żubr
        → Old Ruthenian: жубръ (žubr) (dialectal)
  - Middle Russian: зубръ (zubr), зубрь (zubrʹ)
    - Russian: зубр (zubr); зубрь (zubrʹ) (dialectal)
      - → Bulgarian: зу́бър (zúbǎr)
      - → Kildin Sami: зубр (zubr)
    - ⇒ Middle Russian: изубръ (izubr), изубрь (izubrʹ) (17ᵗʰ c.)
      - Russian: изюбрь (izjubrʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: зѫбръ (zǫbrŭ)
  - → Byzantine Greek: ζόμβρος (zómbros), ζοῦμβρος (zoûmbros)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зу̏бар, зу̀бāр
  
  Latin script: zȕbar, zùbār
- Slovene: zǫ̑ber (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zubr
- Kashubian: Zębrzе
- Old Polish: ząbr, ząbrz, zubr
  - Polish: żubr
- Slovak: zubor
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: žubr, zubr