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
- (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 |
бебръки, бебръкѣ bebrŭki, bebrŭkě |
| genitive | бебръка bebrŭka |
бебръкоу bebrŭku |
бебръкъ bebrŭkŭ |
| dative | бебръкоу, бебръкови bebrŭku, bebrŭkovi |
бебръкома bebrŭkoma |
бебръкомъ bebrŭkomŭ |
| accusative | бебръкъ, бебръка bebrŭkŭ, bebrŭka |
бебръка bebrŭka |
бебръкꙑ, бебръкѣ bebrŭky, bebrŭkě |
| instrumental | бебръкъмь bebrŭkŭmĭ |
бебръкома bebrŭkoma |
бебръкꙑ bebrŭky |
| locative | бебръкѣ bebrŭkě |
бебръкоу bebrŭku |
бебръкѣхъ bebrŭkěxŭ |
| vocative | бебръке bebrŭke |
бебръка bebrŭka |
бебръки, бебръкѣ bebrŭki, bebrŭkě |
Related terms
Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (1 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect][1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 711
- ^ 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, , →ISSN, page 181
Further reading
- “бебръке”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025