бебръке

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰébʰrukos
  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Slavic *bèbrъkъ
    Old Novgorodian бебръке (bebrŭke)

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bèbrъkъ. By surface analysis, бебръ (bebrŭ) +‎ -ке (-ke) or +‎ -ъке (-ŭke). First attested in c. 1200‒1220. Cognate with Upper Sorbian běbrk (“beaverkin”).

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: бе‧бръ‧ке

    Noun

    бебръке • (bebrŭke) m[1][2]

    1. (hapax legomenon) diminutive of бебръ (bebrŭ, “beaver; beaver pelt”): beaverkin, little beaver
      • c. 1200‒1220, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 7 [Birchbark letter no. 7]‎[2], Novgorod:
        … шесть бьбороко …
        … šestĭ bĭboroko …
        … 6 [little] beavers (pelts) …

    Declension

    Declension of бебръке (hard o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative бебръке
    bebrŭke     		бебръка
    bebrŭka     		бебръкѣ
    bebrŭkě
    genitive бебръка
    bebrŭka     		бебръкоу
    bebrŭku     		бебръкъ
    bebrŭkŭ
    dative бебръкоу
    bebrŭku     		бебръкома
    bebrŭkoma     		бебръкомъ
    bebrŭkomŭ
    accusative бебръкъ
    bebrŭkŭ     		бебръка
    bebrŭka     		бебръкѣ
    bebrŭkě
    instrumental бебръкъмь
    bebrŭkŭmĭ     		бебръкома
    bebrŭkoma     		бебръкꙑ
    bebrŭky
    locative бебръкѣ
    bebrŭkě     		бебръкоу
    bebrŭku     		бебръкѣхъ
    bebrŭkěxŭ
    vocative бебръке
    bebrŭke     		бебръка
    bebrŭka     		бебръкѣ
    bebrŭkě
    Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (1 c, 0 e)
    nouns

    References

    1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 711
    2. ^ Gippius, A. A., Sichinava, D. V. (2021), “Поправки и замечания к чтению ранее опубликованных берестяных грамот (НГБ. Т. 13)]”, in Русский язык в научном освещении [Russian Language and Linguistic Theory] (in Russian), number 2, Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →DOI, →ISSN, page 181

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