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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golǫbъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Back-formation from *gȍlǭbь (“pigeon”),[1][2] referring to the bird's neck plumage, i.e. “pigeon-colored”.
Adjective
*gȍlǫbъ[3][4]
- blue
Declension
Indefinite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *golǫbъ | *golǫba | *golǫbo |
| Accusative | *golǫbъ | *golǫbǫ | *golǫbo |
| Genitive | *golǫba | *golǫby | *golǫba |
| Locative | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | *golǫbě |
| Dative | *golǫbu | *golǫbě | *golǫbu |
| Instrumental | *golǫbomь | *golǫbojǫ | *golǫbomь |
| Vocative | *golǫbe | *golǫbo | *golǫbo |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě |
| Accusative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě |
| Genitive | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | *golǫbu |
| Locative | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | *golǫbu |
| Dative | *golǫboma | *golǫbama | *golǫboma |
| Instrumental | *golǫboma | *golǫbama | *golǫboma |
| Vocative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *golǫbi | *golǫby | *golǫba |
| Accusative | *golǫby | *golǫby | *golǫba |
| Genitive | *golǫbъ | *golǫbъ | *golǫbъ |
| Locative | *golǫběxъ | *golǫbaxъ | *golǫběxъ |
| Dative | *golǫbomъ | *golǫbamъ | *golǫbomъ |
| Instrumental | *golǫby | *golǫbami | *golǫby |
| Vocative | *golǫbi | *golǫby | *golǫba |
Definite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbaja | *golǫboje |
| Accusative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbǫjǫ | *golǫboje |
| Genitive | *golǫbajego | *golǫbyję | *golǫbajego |
| Locative | *golǫbějemь | *golǫběji | *golǫbějemь |
| Dative | *golǫbujemu | *golǫběji | *golǫbujemu |
| Instrumental | *golǫbyjimi | *golǫbǫjǫ | *golǫbyjimi |
| Vocative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbaja | *golǫboje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji |
| Accusative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji |
| Genitive | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju |
| Locative | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju |
| Dative | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima |
| Instrumental | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima |
| Vocative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *golǫbiji | *golǫbyję | *golǫbaja |
| Accusative | *golǫbyję | *golǫbyję | *golǫbaja |
| Genitive | *golǫbъjixъ | *golǫbъjixъ | *golǫbъjixъ |
| Locative | *golǫbyjixъ | *golǫbyjixъ | *golǫbyjixъ |
| Dative | *golǫbyjimъ | *golǫbyjimъ | *golǫbyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *golǫbyjimi | *golǫbyjimi | *golǫbyjimi |
| Vocative | *golǫbiji | *golǫbyję | *golǫbaja |
Related terms
- *gȍlǭbь (“pigeon”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: голѫбъ (golǫbŭ), голубъ (golubŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: голꙋбы́й (holubýj)
- Belarusian: галубы́ (halubý) (dialectal)
- Rusyn: голубы́й (holubŷ́j)
- Ukrainian: голуби́й (holubýj)
- Russian: голубо́й (golubój), голубы́й (golubýj) (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
- Old Ruthenian: голꙋбы́й (holubýj)
- Old Novgorodian: голубꙑи (golubyj)
- Old East Slavic: голѫбъ (golǫbŭ), голубъ (golubŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гь́лъп (gʹ́lǎp, “blue, dark blue”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: голу̀бијӣ (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
- Latin: golùbijī (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
- Slovene: golobji
- West Slavic:
- Czech: holubí
- Old Polish: gołęby (“grayish, ashy, dove-coloured”)
- Polish: gołębi
- → Old Prussian: golimban (“blue”)
- Polish: gołębi
- Slovak: holubí
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golǫbъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “голубой”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1967), “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in , В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), issue 4, pages 20–21
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*golǫbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “adj. o ‘blue’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “golǫbъ golǫba golǫbo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c blå (PR 138)”