Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bigrъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Mostly limited to South Slavic. Mladenov, Skok compare it with Albanian bigorr (“type of carstic formation”) and consider Pre-Slavic origin, possibly from a paleo-Balkan substrate. Compare futher Lithuanian bi̇̀gas (“tiny, crumbled”), baikštas (“timid”).
Likely unrelated to dialectal Russian би́гать (bígatʹ, “to dry out”).
Noun
*bigrъ m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bigrъ | *bigra | *bigri |
| genitive | *bigra | *bigru | *bigrъ |
| dative | *bigru | *bigroma | *bigromъ |
| accusative | *bigrъ | *bigra | *bigry |
| instrumental | *bigrъmь, *bigromь* | *bigroma | *bigry |
| locative | *bigrě | *bigru | *bigrěxъ |
| vocative | *bigre | *bigra | *bigri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бигор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 46
- Skok, Petar (1971) “bigar”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 147
- Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бигать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 175