Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobyrь

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

From *boba +‎ *-yrь.

Noun

*bobyrь m

a kind of fish

Declension

Declension of *bobyrь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bobyrь	*bobyri	bobyrьje, bobyře^*
genitive	*bobyri	bobyrьju, bobyřu^*	bobyrьjь, bobyri^*
dative	*bobyri	*bobyrьma	*bobyrьmъ
accusative	*bobyrь	*bobyri	*bobyri
instrumental	*bobyrьmь	*bobyrьma	*bobyrьmi
locative	*bobyri	bobyrьju, bobyřu^*	*bobyrьxъ
vocative	*bobyri	*bobyri	bobyrьje, bobyře^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*bobica
*bobika
*bobišče
*bobovina
*bobovišče
*bobovъ
*bobulь, *bobulja, *bobъlja
*bobuša, *bobušьka, *bobyšьka
*bobъka
*bobъkъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бобꙑрь (bobyrĭ)
  - Russian: бобы́рь (bobýrʹ), бубы́рь (bubýrʹ)
  - Middle Ukrainian: бобы́рь (bobýrʹ)
    - Ukrainian: боби́р (bobýr), буби́р (bubýr)
      - → Polish: bobyr

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 150