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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьbľь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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*stьbľь (European wildcat)
From *stьbljь < *stьbjь < *stьbъ (“stem, stalk, trunk; cane, reed, rush”) + *-jь.
Noun
*stьbľь m
- wildcat
Declension
Declension of *stьbľь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stьbľь | *stьbľa | *stьbľi |
Accusative | *stьbľь | *stьbľa | *stьbľę̇ |
Genitive | *stьbľa | *stьbľu | *stьbľь |
Locative | *stьbľi | *stьbľu | *stьbľixъ |
Dative | *stьbľu | *stьbľema | *stьbľemъ |
Instrumental | *stьbľьmь, *stьbľemь* | *stьbľema | *stьbľi |
Vocative | *stьbľu | *stьbľa | *stьbľi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ- (0 c, 5 e)
See also
- *kòtъ (“cat; tomcat, male cat”)
- *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стьбль (stĭblĭ), стебль (steblĭ)[1]
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: стьбль (stĭblĭ), стьпль (stĭplĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⱐⰱⰾⱐ (stĭblĭ), ⱄⱅⱐⱂⰾⱐ (stĭplĭ)
- Bulgarian: сте́бал (stébal) (dialectal)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: step, zdeb (15th cent.)
- ⇒ Old Polish: zdbik, zbik (diminutive)
- Polish: żbik, źbik
- → Kashubian: żbik
- Polish: żbik, źbik
- ⇒ Old Polish: zdbik, zbik (diminutive)
- Kashubian: steb
- Old Polish: step, zdeb (15th cent.)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
- Trubachyov, Oleg (1960) Происхождение названий домашних животных в славянских языках [The origin of the names of domestic animals in Slavic languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 91–94
- Trubachyov, Oleg (2003) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян: Лингвистические исследования [Ethnogenesis and Culture of the Ancient Slavs: Linguistic Research] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Nauka, page 194
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “стьбль, стебль”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3: Р – Ꙗ и дополненія, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, стебль column 583