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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫbarъ
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *bǫbalъ
- *brǫbarъ, *brǫbalъ
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, from duplication of the root of *bъmъ, *brьmъ (“buzz, hum”) + *-arъ. Cognate with Lithuanian bam̃balas (“bumblebee, cockchafer”),Latvian bam̃bals (“beetle”) and further comparable with Sanskrit बम्भरः (bambharaḥ, “bee”), Ancient Greek βομβυλιός (bombuliós, “bumblebee”).
Noun
*bǫ̀barъ m[1]
- beetle; bumblebee
Inflection
Declension of *bǫbarъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bǫbarъ | *bǫbara | *bǫbari |
| Accusative | *bǫbarъ | *bǫbara | *bǫbary |
| Genitive | *bǫbara | *bǫbaru | *bǫbarъ |
| Locative | *bǫbarě | *bǫbaru | *bǫbarěxъ |
| Dative | *bǫbaru | *bǫbaroma | *bǫbaromъ |
| Instrumental | *bǫbarъmь, *bǫbaromь* | *bǫbaroma | *bǫbary |
| Vocative | *bǫbare | *bǫbara | *bǫbari |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *bǫbarъ (“beetle; bumblebee”)
- *bьčela (“bee”)
- *čьmeľь (“bumblebee”)
- *komarъ (“mosquito”)
- *muxa (“fly”)
- *osa (“wasp”)
- *sьrxy (“hornet”)
- *trǫtъ (“drone”)
- *žuža
Related terms
- *bǫbati (“to bang”)
- *bǫbьnъ (“drum”)
- *brьměti, *brьmьčiti (“to buzz, to hum”)
- *bǫkъ (“beetle, bug”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: буба́рка (bubárka), бубари́ца (bubaríca)
- Ukrainian: бомба́р (bombár, “cockchafer”)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бъ́бар (bǎ́bar), бръ́мбар (brǎ́mbar), бръ́мбал (brǎ́mbal)
- Macedonian: бумбар (bumbar), брмбалец (brmbalec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бу̏мба̄р, бубаљка
- Latin: bȕmbār, bubaljka, bunbor
- → Slovene: bȗmbar (“simpleton”) (tonal orthography)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫbarъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 230
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бъбар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 96
- бомбар in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
- “bambalas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “bumbar”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “prvotno *bǫ̋barь”