bober

See also: Bober and bòber

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.bɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
  • Syllabification: bo‧ber
  • Homophone: Bober

Etymology 1

See bób.

Noun

bober m inan

  1. (regional) alternative form of bób
Declension

Etymology 2

See bóbr.

Noun

bober m inan

  1. (Podlachia, Zagórze) alternative form of bóbr
Declension

Further reading

  • bober in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bober in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Jan Karłowicz (1900) “bóbr”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111

Romanian

Etymology 1

From bob +‎ -er.

Noun

bober m (plural boberi)

  1. bobsledder
Declension
Declension of bober
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bober boberul boberi boberii
genitive-dative bober boberului boberi boberilor
vocative boberule boberilor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *bobrъ.

Noun

bober m (plural boberi)

  1. beaver
Declension
Declension of bober
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bober boberul boberi boberii
genitive-dative bober boberului boberi boberilor
vocative boberule boberilor

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bóbr. Doublet of biber, a borrowing from German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.bɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
  • Syllabification: bo‧ber

Noun

bober m animal

  1. beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)
    Synonym: biber

Declension

Declension of bober
singular plural
nominative bober bobry
genitive bobra bobrōw
dative bobrowi bobrōm
accusative bobra bobry/bobrōw
instrumental bobrym bobrami/bobrōma
locative bobrze bobrach
vocative bobrze bobry

Further reading

  • bober in dykcjonorz.eu
  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “bóbr”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 221
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “bober”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 68
  • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “1706. bóbr”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 72

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bobrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bòːbər/, /bɔ̀ːbər/

Noun

bọ́bər or bóbər m anim

  1. beaver (animal)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bóber
gen. sing. bóbra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bóber bóbra bóbri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bóbra bóbrov bóbrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bóbru bóbroma bóbrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bóbra bóbra bóbre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bóbru bóbrih bóbrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bóbrom bóbroma bóbri
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bôber
gen. sing. bôbra
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
bôber bôbra bôbri
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
bôbra bôbrov bôbrov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
bôbru bôbroma bôbrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
bôbra bôbra bôbre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
bôbru bôbrih bôbrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
bôbrom bôbroma bôbri

Further reading

  • bober”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • bober”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references