Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈboːbrʊ//ˈboːbrʊ//ˈbɔːbr/, /ˈboːbr/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈboːbrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈboːbrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːbr/, /ˈboːbr/

  • Hyphenation: бо́‧бръ

Noun

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бобръ (bobrŭm (related adjective бобровъ)

  1. beaver
  2. beaver pelt

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Further reading

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  • 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]‎[2] (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 Novgorodian

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Etymology

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PIE word
*bʰébʰrus

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bábrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóbʰrus, *bʰébʰrus (beaver), from *bʰerH- (brown).[1] First attested in c. 1240‒1260.

Cognate with Old East Slavic бобръ (bobrŭ), Russian бобр (bobr), Bulgarian бо́бър (bóbǎr), Polish bóbr. Doublet of бебръ (bebrŭ).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: бо‧бръ

Noun

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бобръ (bobrŭm[2]

  1. beaver
  2. beaver pelt
    • c. 1240‒1260, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 420 [Birchbark letter no. 420]‎[4], Novgorod:
      … продалъ есмь сорокъ бобровъ милѧте на десѧти гривнъ серьбра олна же · вꙁьмъ серьбро то же даи бобрꙑ
      … prodalŭ esmĭ sorokŭ bobrovŭ milęte na desęti grivnŭ serĭbra olna že · vzĭmŭ serĭbro to že dai bobry
      I have sold forty beaver skins to Miljata for ten silver grivnas. When you (singular) receive the money, then give (singular) the beaver skins.
    • c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 193 [Birchbark letter no. 193]‎[5], Novgorod:
      … или велиши ѧзо ѡстафии с[едѣ] [д]амо и[л]и бо[б]р[ꙑ]
      … ili veliši jęzo ostafii s[edě] [d]amo i[l]i bo[b]r[y]
      … or, if you order, I will give Ostafya here, or beaver pelts

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 712

Further reading

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  • бобръ”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2024

Old Ruthenian

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бо́бръ (sense 1)

Etymology

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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

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бобръ (bobrm (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)

Noun

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бобръ (bobrm (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)

  1. beaver pelt

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145:ст.-укр. бобръst.-ukr. bobr
  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, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), 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), volumes 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

Further reading

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бобръ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 108
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*бобръ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 102
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “бобръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 86
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бобръ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 132
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