Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫbarъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*bǫbalъ

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit बम्भरः (bambharaḥ, “bee”), Ancient Greek βομβυλιός (bombuliós, “bumblebee”), Lithuanian bam̃balas (“bumblebee, cockchafer”), Latvian bam̃bals (“beetle”)

Noun

*bǫbarъ m

beetle; bumblebee

Inflection

Declension of *bǫbarъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bǫbarъ	*bǫbara	*bǫbari
Accusative	*bǫbarъ	*bǫbara	*bǫbary
Genitive	*bǫbara	*bǫbaru	*bǫbarъ
Locative	*bǫbarě	*bǫbaru	*bǫbarěxъ
Dative	*bǫbaru	*bǫbaroma	*bǫbaromъ
Instrumental	bǫbarъmь, bǫbaromь^*	*bǫbaroma	*bǫbary
Vocative	*bǫbare	*bǫbara	*bǫbari

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: буба́рка (bubárka), бубарица (bubarica)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бръ́мбар (brǎ́mbar)
- Macedonian: бумбар (bumbar), брмбалец (brmbalec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бу̏мба̄р, бубаљка
  
  Latin: bȕmbār, bubaljka, bunbor

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫbarъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 230

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