воробей

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorbь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vərɐˈbʲej]
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Noun

воробе́й • (vorobéj) m anim (genitive воробья́, nominative plural воробьи́, genitive plural воробьёв, diminutive воро́бушек or воро́бышек)

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Declension

Declension of воробе́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	воробе́й vorobéj	воробьи́ vorobʹí
genitive	воробья́ vorobʹjá	воробьёв vorobʹjóv
dative	воробью́ vorobʹjú	воробья́м vorobʹjám
accusative	воробья́ vorobʹjá	воробьёв vorobʹjóv
instrumental	воробьём vorobʹjóm	воробья́ми vorobʹjámi
prepositional	воробье́ vorobʹjé	воробья́х vorobʹjáx

Pre-reform declension of воробе́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	воробе́й vorobéj	воробьи́ vorobʹí
genitive	воробья́ vorobʹjá	воробьёвъ vorobʹjóv
dative	воробью́ vorobʹjú	воробья́мъ vorobʹjám
accusative	воробья́ vorobʹjá	воробьёвъ vorobʹjóv
instrumental	воробьёмъ vorobʹjóm	воробья́ми vorobʹjámi
prepositional	воробьѣ́ vorobʹjě́	воробья́хъ vorobʹjáx

Descendants

→ Yakut: барабыай (barabıay)

References

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

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