цибър

Bulgarian

Etymology

In spite of the formal difficulties, Anikin considers Proto-Slavic origin and further associates with Lithuanian kỹbras, skiẽbras (“thin, slender”) (with s-mobile). Presumably from Proto-Slavic *cibrъ with rare case of second palatalization before Balto-Slavic *-ei-. Alternatively, from *cěbrъ (< earleir *káibras) with irregular shift *-ě- > *-i-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sibɐr]

Adjective

ци́бър • (cíbǎr) (adverb ци́бро) (colloquial)

  1. clear, translucent (of water)
    Synonyms: би́стър (bístǎr), чист (čist)
  2. clear, bright (of weather)
    Synonyms: ве́дър (védǎr), я́сен (jásen)

Declension
Positive forms of ци́бър
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite ци́бър
cíbǎr		 ци́бра
cíbra		 ци́бро
cíbro		 ци́бри
cíbri
definite
(subject form)		 ци́брият
cíbrijat		 ци́брата
cíbrata		 ци́брото
cíbroto		 ци́брите
cíbrite
definite
(object form)		 ци́брия
cíbrija
Comparative forms of ци́бър
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite по́-ци́бър
pó-cíbǎr		 по́-ци́бра
pó-cíbra		 по́-ци́бро
pó-cíbro		 по́-ци́бри
pó-cíbri
definite
(subject form)		 по́-ци́брият
pó-cíbrijat		 по́-ци́брата
pó-cíbrata		 по́-ци́брото
pó-cíbroto		 по́-ци́брите
pó-cíbrite
definite
(object form)		 по́-ци́брия
pó-cíbrija
Superlative forms of ци́бър
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite на́й-ци́бър
náj-cíbǎr		 на́й-ци́бра
náj-cíbra		 на́й-ци́бро
náj-cíbro		 на́й-ци́бри
náj-cíbri
definite
(subject form)		 на́й-ци́брият
náj-cíbrijat		 на́й-ци́брата
náj-cíbrata		 на́й-ци́брото
náj-cíbroto		 на́й-ци́брите
náj-cíbrite
definite
(object form)		 на́й-ци́брия
náj-cíbrija

Derived terms
  • цибрина (cibrina, “clear sky”) (dialectal)

References

Further reading
  • Anikin, Aleksandr (1991) “Славянские Этимологии (Балто-Славянские Параллели)”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, volume 37, pages 119–126
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