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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫkъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, related to Proto-Slavic *bǫkati, *bukati (“to rattle, to bang”). Compare Proto-Slavic *žukъ (“bettle”) from *žužati (“to buzz”).
Noun
*bǫkъ m
- buzzer
- buzzing insect, bumblebee
- Synonyms: *bǫbarъ, *žukъ, *ovadъ
Inflection
Declension of *bǫkъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *bǫkъ | *bǫka | *bǫci |
Accusative | *bǫkъ | *bǫka | *bǫky |
Genitive | *bǫka | *bǫku | *bǫkъ |
Locative | *bǫcě | *bǫku | *bǫcěxъ |
Dative | *bǫku | *bǫkoma | *bǫkomъ |
Instrumental | *bǫkъmь, *bǫkomь* | *bǫkoma | *bǫky |
Vocative | *bǫče | *bǫka | *bǫci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *bǫkařь (“bettle”)
- *bǫkačь, *bǫkačьka (“bug”)
Related terms
- *bǫbarъ (“bettle”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: бука́шка (bukáška, “bug, insect”) (colloquial); бука́ра (bukára)/буха́ра (buxára, “bumblebee”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: бука́рка (bukárka, “bettle”)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бу̑к (“bang”)
- Latin: bȗk (“bang”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: buok, búk
- Kashubian: bączk
- Old Polish: bąk
- Polish: bąk
- Slovak: buk (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: buk (“gadfly”) (archaic)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “букашка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 235