бобъ
Old Ruthenian
бобы́
Alternative forms
- бѡбъ (bôb) – Old Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic бобъ (bobŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bòbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bab-а/āˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-o/eh₂, from *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Russian боб (bob).
Pronunciation
- (Northern dialects: Old Belarusian) /bob/
- (Southern dialects: Old Ukrainian) ⟨bo₂b⟩ → ⟨bu₂b⟩ → /bib/
Noun
бобъ • (bob) m inan (genitive бобу, nominative plural бобы, genitive plural бобовъ, related adjective бобовый)
- bean
- Ты возми собѣ пшеницу… и бобъ ― Ty vozmi sobě pšenicu… i bob ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- тот же бѡб варен… и смѣшен с перцемъ долгимъ да с рꙋговою травою… ― tot že bôb varen… i směšen s percem dolhim da s ruhovoju travoju… ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of бобъ (irregular)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бобъ bob | бобы boby |
| genitive | бобу bobu | бобовъ bobov |
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Descendants
- Belarusian: боб (bob)
- Rusyn: буб (bub)
- Ukrainian: біб (bib)
Further reading
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бобъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1: А – Г, Kharkiv, Kyiv: St. Publ. House of Ukraine, page 108
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “бобъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 202
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бобъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 133