Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bebrъ

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

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-
    Proto-Indo-European *-us
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus
    Proto-Slavic *bebrъ

    Noun

    *bèbrъ m

    1. alternative form of *bòbrъ

    Declension

    Predonimantly:

    Declension of *bèbrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bèbrъ *bebrà *bebrì
    genitive *bebrà *bebrù *bèbrъ
    dative *bebrù *bebròma *bebròmъ
    accusative *bèbrъ *bebrà *bebrỳ
    instrumental *bebrъ̀mь, *bebròmь* *bebròma *bèbry
    locative *bebrě̀ *bebrù *bèbrěxъ
    vocative *bebre *bebrà *bebrì

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

    Originally (attested in early East Slavic):

    Declension of *bèbrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bèbrъ *bebrỳ *bebròve
    genitive *bebrù *bebròvu *bebròvъ
    dative *bebròvi *bèbrъma *bebrъ̀mъ
    accusative *bèbrъ *bebrỳ *bebrỳ
    instrumental *bebrъ̀mь *bèbrъma *bèbrъmī
    locative *bèbru *bebròvu *bebrъ̀xъ
    vocative *bebru *bebrỳ *bebròve

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: бебръ (bebrŭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: *бебръ (*bebr)
          • Ukrainian: бебр (bebr) (dialectal)
      • Old Novgorodian: бебръ (bebrŭ)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        • Church Slavonic: бебръ (bebrŭ) (Serbian recension)
      • Bulgarian: бе́бер (béber)
      • Slovene: bébər, brébər (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: běbr

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
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