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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbь

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

Either of onomatopoeic origin from the same root as Proto-Slavic *verva (“fuss, noise”), *verskъ (“scream”) or probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (“to peck, to scratch”), akin to Lithuanian žvìrblis (“sparrow”) , Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”), virblis (“eagle”) (dialectal). If correct, the Baltic forms would reflect the s-mobile form of the root.

Noun

*võrbь m

  1. sparrow

Declension
Declension of *võrbь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *võrbь *vōrbì *võrbьjē, *võrbľē*
Accusative *võrbь *vōrbì *vōrbì
Genitive *võrbi *võrbьju, *vorbľu* *vōrbь̀jь, *võrbi*
Locative *võrbi *võrbьju, *vorbľu* *vōrbь̀xъ
Dative *vōrbì *võrbьma *vōrbь̀mъ
Instrumental *vōrbь̀mь *võrbьma *võrbьmī
Vocative *vorbi *vōrbì *võrbьjē, *võrbľē*
* 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).

Derived terms

Descendants

The primary i-stem is attested only indirectly, e.g. in Ukrainian вороб'я́ pl (vorobʺjá) (dialectal) and in loanwords:

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ukrainian: воробѧ́ n (“sparrow”)[3] (< *võrbь + *-ę)
      • Ukrainian: гороб'я́ n (horobʺjá); вороб'я́ n (vorobʺjá) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spurv (PR 134)”
  3. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробѧ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 231
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