зубръ

Old Ruthenian

зубръ

Alternative forms

  • зубрь
  • зоубръ, зꙋбръ, зꙋбрь alternative spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *зубръ (*zubrŭ), зубрь (zubrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ.[1][2][3] Cognate with Russian зубр (zubr), Old Church Slavonic зѫбръ (zǫbrŭ), Old Polish ząbr, ząbrz. Doublet of жубръ.

Noun

зубръ (transliteration needed) m anim (related adjective зубри́ный or зубро́вый)

  1. bison (European bison), wisent

Derived terms

  • зубри́на (bison meat)
  • зубрѧ́ (bison cub)
  • Зубръ, Зубрь (Old Ukrainian surname)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: зубр (zubr); зу́бар (zúbar) (Taraškievica orthography)
  • Rusyn: зубор (zubor)
  • Ukrainian: зубр (zubr); зу́бір (zúbir) (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: zubr

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), зубр”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 282
  2. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972), зубр”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 1 (А – Ґ), issue 1–11, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 459: “MUk. з/о/убръ, OUk., OES. зубрь, зоубрь
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), зубр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 348: “Ст.-бел. зубр

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