Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golǫbь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin version of Latin columbus.[1]

Noun

*gȍlǭbь m[2][3][4][5][6]

pigeon

Declension

Declension of *golǫ̃bь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*golǫ̃bь	*golǭbì	golǫ̃bьjē, golǫ̃bľē^*
Accusative	*golǫ̃bь	*golǭbì	*golǭbì
Genitive	*golǫ̃bi	golǫ̃bьju, golǫbľu^*	golǭbь̀jь, golǫ̃bi^*
Locative	*golǫ̃bi	golǫ̃bьju, golǫbľu^*	*golǭbь̀xъ
Dative	*golǭbì	*golǫ̃bьma	*golǭbь̀mъ
Instrumental	*golǭbь̀mь	*golǫ̃bьma	*golǫ̃bьmī
Vocative	*golǫbi	*golǭbì	golǫ̃bьjē, golǫ̃bľē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *gȍlǫbь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gȍlǫbь	*gȍlǫbi	gȍlǫbьjē, gȍlǫbľē^*
Accusative	*gȍlǫbь	*gȍlǫbi	*gȍlǫbi
Genitive	*golǫbí	golǫbьjù, golǫbľu^*	*golǫbь̀jь
Locative	*golǫbí	golǫbьjù, golǫbľu^*	*gȍlǫbьxъ
Dative	*gȍlǫbi	*golǫbьmà	*gȍlǫbьmъ
Instrumental	*gȍlǫbьmь	*golǫbьmà	*golǫbьmì
Vocative	*golǫbi	*gȍlǫbi	gȍlǫbьjē, gȍlǫbľē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*golǫbъ
*golǫbъkъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: голꙋбь (golubĭ)
  - Belarusian: го́луб (hólub)
  - Russian: го́лубь (gólubʹ)
  - Rusyn: голуб (holub)
  - Ukrainian: го́луб (hólub)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: голѫбь (golǫbĭ)
  Glagolitic: ⰳⱁⰾⱘⰱⱐ (golǫbĭ)
- Bulgarian: гъ́лъб (gǎ́lǎb), гъ́лъмп (gǎ́lǎmp) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: гулаб (gulab)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: го̏лӯб
  Latin: gȍlūb
- Slovene: golọ̑b (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: holub
  - Czech: holub
- Kashubian: gòłąb
- Polabian: ďölǫb
- Polish: gołąb
- Slovak: holub
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: gołub
  - Upper Sorbian: hołb
Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: galamb
- → Romanian: hulub

References

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), “*gȍlǫbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “m. i (c) ‘pigeon, dove’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “golǫbь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c due (PR 138)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “golọ̑b”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍlǫbь, *gȍlǫbъ”
Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 9: “*gȍlǭbь”
Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 539

[1] Szemerényi, Oswald (1967), “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in , В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), issue 4, pages 20–21

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gȍlǫbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “m. i (c) ‘pigeon, dove’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “golǫbь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c due (PR 138)”

[4] Snoj, Marko (2016), “golọ̑b”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍlǫbь, *gȍlǫbъ”

[5] Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 9: “*gȍlǭbь”

[6] Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 539