Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rebro

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.

Noun

*rebrò n[1]

  1. rib

Inflection

Declension of *rebrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà
genitive *rebrà *rebrù *rèbrъ
dative *rebrù *rebròma *rebròmъ
accusative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà
instrumental *rebrъ̀mь, *rebròmь* *rebròma *rèbry
locative *rebrě̀ *rebrù *rèbrěxъ
vocative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ребро”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rebrò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433:n. o (b) ‘rib’