Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьcь

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

*vorbь (i-stem) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*vorbь̀cь m[1]

  1. alternative form of *vorbь (sparrow)

Declension

Declension of *vorbь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vorbь̀cь *vorbьcà *vorbьcì
genitive *vorbьcà *vorbьcù *vorbь̀cь
dative *vorbьcù *vorbьcèma *vorbь̀cemъ
accusative *vorbь̀cь *vorbьcà *vorbьcę̇̀
instrumental *vorbьcь̀mь, *vorbьcèmь* *vorbьcèma *vorbь̀ci
locative *vorbьcì *vorbьcù *vorbь̀cixъ
vocative *vorbьče *vorbьcà *vorbьcì

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

  • *vorbьčę (diminutive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: воробéц (vorobéc) (dialectal)
    • Middle Ukrainian: воробе́цъ (vorobécʹ); Воробе́цъ (Vorobécʹ) (surname)[2]
      • Ukrainian: горобе́ць (horobécʹ); воробе́ць (vorobécʹ), оробе́ць (orobécʹ), веребе́ц (verebéc) (dialectal); гворобе́ць (hvorobécʹ) (dated, dialectal)
        • Russian: горобе́ц (gorobéc) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • горобець in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “врабче”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 178

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробецъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 230