Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьcь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьcь

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

*vorbь (i-stem) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*vorbь̀cь m[1]

1. Alternative form of *vorbь (“sparrow”)

Declension

Declension of *vorbь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vorbь̀cь	*vorbьcà	*vorbьcì
Accusative	*vorbь̀cь	*vorbьcà	*vorbьcę̇̀
Genitive	*vorbьcà	*vorbьcù	*vorbь̀cь
Locative	*vorbьcì	*vorbьcù	*vorbь̀cixъ
Dative	*vorbьcù	*vorbьcèma	*vorbь̀cemъ
Instrumental	*vorbьcь̀mь, *vorbьcèmь*	*vorbьcèma	*vorbь̀ci
Vocative	*vorbьče	*vorbьcà	*vorbьcì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *vorbьčę (diminutive)

Related terms

• *vorbьjь
• *vorbьľь
• *vorbokъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: воробéц (vorobéc) (dialectal)
  • Old Ukrainian: воробе́цъ (vorobéc); Воробе́цъ (Vorobéc) (surname)[2]
    • Ukrainian: горобе́ць (horobécʹ); воробе́ць (vorobécʹ), оробе́ць (orobécʹ), веребе́ц (verebéc) (dialectal); гворобе́ць (hvorobécʹ) (dated, dialectal)
      • → Russian: горобе́ц (gorobéc) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: врабьць (vrabĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰲⱃⰰⰱⱐⱌⱐ (vrabĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: врабе́ц (vrabéc), врабче́ (vrabčé)
  • Macedonian: врабец (vrabec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: вра́бац

    Latin: vrábac

  • Slovene: vrábəc
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vrabec
    • Czech: vrabec
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): brabec
  • Slovak: vrabec

Further reading

• горобець in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “врабче”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 178

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”
2. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробецъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 230