Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьjь

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) +‎ *-ьjь

Noun

*vorbь̀jь m[1][2]

Alternative form of *vorbь (“sparrow”)

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vorbь̀jь	*vorbьjà	*vorbьjì
Accusative	*vorbь̀jь	*vorbьjà	*vorbьję̇̀
Genitive	*vorbьjà	*vorbьjù	*vorbь̀jь
Locative	*vorbьjì	*vorbьjù	*vorbь̀jixъ
Dative	*vorbьjù	*vorbьjèma	*vorbь̀jemъ
Instrumental	vorbьjь̀mь, vorbьjèmь^*	*vorbьjèma	*vorbь̀ji
Vocative	*vorbьju	*vorbьjà	*vorbьjì

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

Related terms

*vorbьľь
*vorbьcь, *vorbokъ, *vorbьčę (diminitive)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вороби́и (vorobíi), вереби́и (verebíi)
  - Old Belarusian: воробе́й (vorobéj)[3]
    - Belarusian: веребе́й (vjerjebjéj)
      - ⇒ Belarusian: воро́бчык (voróbčyk)
  - Russian: воробе́й (vorobéj); веребе́й (verebéj) (dialectal); Воробей (Vorobej) (surname)
  - ⇒ Middle Russian: Воробьевъ (Vorobʹjev) (surname)
    - Russian: Воробьёв (Vorobʹjóv) (surname)
  - Old Ukrainian: воробе́й (vorobéj), воробїй (vorobij); Воробеи (Vorobej, “surname”)[4]
    - Ukrainian: горобе́й (horobéj), воробе́й (vorobéj), веребе́й (verebéj) (dialectal); шворобéй (švorobéj), шворабéй (švorabéj), шорабéй (šorabéj), шурабéй (šurabéj) (Polesian dialects)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: оробе́йко (orobéjko) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: врабии (vrabij)
  Glagolitic: ⰲⱃⰰⰱⰺⰺ (vrabii)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: врабий (vrabij)
  - → Old East Slavic: врабии (vrabij)
- Bulgarian: врабе́й (vrabéj) (dated, formal)

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spurv (PR 134)”
Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “воробей”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 186
Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробей, воробїй”, 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

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spurv (PR 134)”

[3] Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “воробей”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 186

[4] Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробей, воробїй”, 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