бобръ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ. Doublet of бебръ (bebrŭ) and бьбръ (bĭbrŭ).

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈboːbrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈboːbrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːbr/, /ˈboːbr/
  • Hyphenation: бо́‧бръ

Noun

бобръ (bobrŭ) m (related adjective бобровъ)

  1. beaver
  2. beaver pelt

Declension
Declension of бобръ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative бобръ
bobrŭ		 бобра
bobra		 бобри
bobri
Genitive бобра
bobra		 бобру
bobru		 бобръ
bobrŭ
Dative бобру
bobru		 боброма
bobroma		 бобромъ
bobromŭ
Accusative бобръ
bobrŭ		 бобра
bobra		 бобрꙑ
bobry
Instrumental бобръмь
bobrŭmĭ		 боброма
bobroma		 бобрꙑ
bobry
Locative бобрѣ
bobrě		 бобру
bobru		 бобрѣхъ
bobrěxŭ
Vocative бобре
bobre		 бобра
bobra		 бобри
bobri
  • бобровина (bobrovina)
  • бобровъ (bobrovŭ)
  • бобровьникъ (bobrovĭnikŭ)

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: бо́бръ (bóbr)
    • Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: бобе́р (bobér)
    • Ukrainian: бобе́р (bobér); бібр (bibr), бобро́ (bobró) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: бобръ (bobr), бобе́ръ (bobér)

Further reading
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бобръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 125
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “бобръ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “бобръ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 253

Old Ruthenian
бо́бръ (sense 1)

Etymology
PIE word
*bʰébʰrus

Inherited from Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ, from *bèbrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), from *bʰerH- (“brown”).[1][2][3][4][5]

Cognate with Russian бобёр (bobjór), бобр (bobr), which is from Middle Russian бобе́ръ (bobér), бобръ (bobr) and Old Polish bóbr, bobr, Old Czech bobr.

Noun

бобръ • (bobr) m (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)

Noun

бобръ • (bobr) m (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver pelt
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH-‎ (0 c, 2 e)
adjectives
  • бобро́вый (bobróvyj)
  • бобровницкїй (bobrovnickij)
  • бобровничїй (bobrovničij)
  • бобровный (bobrovnyj)
  • бобровскїй (bobrovskij)
nouns
  • бо́брикъ m (bóbrik)
  • бобровичство n (bobrovičstvo)
  • бобровни́къ m (bobrovník)
  • бобровництво n (bobrovnictvo)
  • бобровое n (bobrovoje)
  • бобровщизна f (bobrovščizna)
  • бобровщина f (bobrovščina)
  • боброгонъ m (bobrohon)

Descendants

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145: “ст.-укр. бобръ ― st.-ukr. bobr”
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бобер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 215
  3. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бобе́р”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 154: “MUk. бобры (1456), бобра (1576), бобрувъ (1706)”
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бабёр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
  5. Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бобр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 286

Further reading
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бобръ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 108
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*бобръ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 102
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “бобръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 86
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бобръ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 132
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