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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zǫbrъ

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
*zǫbrъ

Etymology

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According to Vasmer, possibly related to *zǫbъ.

Noun

*zǫbrъ m

  1. European bison, wisent (Bison bonasus)

Inflection
Declension of *zǫbrъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *zǫbrъ *zǫbra *zǫbri
genitive *zǫbra *zǫbru *zǫbrъ
dative *zǫbru *zǫbroma *zǫbromъ
accusative *zǫbrъ *zǫbra *zǫbry
instrumental *zǫbrъmь, *zǫbromь* *zǫbroma *zǫbry
locative *zǫbrě *zǫbru *zǫbrěxъ
vocative *zǫbre *zǫbra *zǫbri
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *зубръ (*zubrŭ), зубрь (zubrĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: зубръ (zubr), зубрь (zubrʹ); зоубръ (zubr), зꙋбръ (zubr), зꙋбрь (zubrʹ)
        • Belarusian: зубр (zubr); зу́бар (zúbar) (Taraškievica orthography)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: зубор (zubor)
        • Ukrainian: зубр (zubr); зу́бір (zúbir) (dialectal)
        • → Old Polish: zubr
      • Middle Russian: зубръ (zubr), зубрь (zubrʹ)
        • Russian: зубр (zubr); зубрь (zubrʹ) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Middle Russian: изубръ (izubr), изубрь (izubrʹ) (17ᵗʰ c.)
          • Russian: изу́бр (izúbr) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: зѫбръ (zǫbrŭ)
      • → Byzantine Greek: ζόμβρος (zómbros), ζοῦμβρος (zoûmbros)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зу̏бар, зу̀бāр
      Latin script: zȕbar, zùbār
    • Slovene: zǫ̑ber (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зубр”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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