бобръ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ. Doublet of бебръ (bebrŭ) and бьбръ (bĭbrŭ).

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔbrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔbrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːbr/
  • Hyphenation: бо‧бръ

Noun

бобръ (bobrŭ) m (related adjective бобровъ)

  1. beaver
  2. beaver pelt
  • бобровина (bobrovina)
  • бобровъ (bobrovŭ)
  • бобровьникъ (bobrovĭnikŭ)

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: бо́бръ
    • Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
    • Rusyn: бобе́р (bobér)
    • Ukrainian: бобе́р (bobér); бібр (bibr), бобро́ (bobró) (dialectal)
  • Middle Russian: бобръ (bobr), бобе́ръ (bobér)

Further reading
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “бобръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 125
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “бобръ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ – 14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
  • Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “бобръ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ – 17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 253

Old Ruthenian
бо́бръ (sense 1)

Etymology
PIE word
*bʰébʰrus

Inherited from Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ, from *bèbrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), from *bʰerH- (“brown”).[1][2][3][4][5]

Cognate with Russian бобёр (bobjór), бобр (bobr), which is from Middle Russian бобе́ръ (bobér), бобръ (bobr) and Old Polish bóbr, bobr, Old Czech bobr.

Noun

бо́бръ • (transliteration needed) m anim (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)

Noun

бо́бръ • (transliteration needed) m inan (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver pelt
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH-‎ (0 c, 2 e)
adjectives
  • бобровницкїй
  • бобровничїй
  • бобровный
  • бобровскїй
  • бобро́вый
nouns
  • бо́брикъ m
  • бобровичство n
  • бобровни́къ m
  • бобровництво n
  • бобровое n
  • бобровщизна f
  • бобровщина f
  • боброгонъ m

Descendants

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145: “ст.-укр. бобръ”
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бобер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 215
  3. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972), “бобе́р”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 1 (А – Ґ), issue 1–11, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 154: “MUk. бобры (1456), бобра (1576), бобрувъ (1706)”
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бабёр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
  5. Anikin, A. E. (2009), “бобр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 286

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