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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Back-formation from *gȍlǭbь (“pigeon”),[1][2] referring to the bird's neck plumage, i.e. “pigeon-colored”.
Adjective
*gȍlǫbъ[3][4]
- blue
Declension
Indefinite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫbъ
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*golǫba
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*golǫbo
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| genitive
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*golǫba
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*golǫby
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*golǫba
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| dative
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*golǫbu
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbu
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| accusative
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*golǫbъ
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*golǫbǫ
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*golǫbo
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| instrumental
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*golǫbomь
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*golǫbojǫ
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*golǫbomь
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| locative
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbě
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| vocative
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*golǫbe
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*golǫbo
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*golǫbo
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫba
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbě
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| genitive
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*golǫbu
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*golǫbu
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*golǫbu
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| dative
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*golǫboma
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*golǫbama
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*golǫboma
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| accusative
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*golǫba
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbě
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| instrumental
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*golǫboma
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*golǫbama
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*golǫboma
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| locative
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*golǫbu
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*golǫbu
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*golǫbu
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| vocative
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*golǫba
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*golǫbě
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*golǫbě
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫbi
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*golǫby
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*golǫba
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| genitive
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*golǫbъ
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*golǫbъ
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*golǫbъ
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| dative
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*golǫbomъ
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*golǫbamъ
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*golǫbomъ
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| accusative
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*golǫby
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*golǫby
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*golǫba
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| instrumental
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*golǫby
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*golǫbami
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*golǫby
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| locative
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*golǫběxъ
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*golǫbaxъ
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*golǫběxъ
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| vocative
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*golǫbi
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*golǫby
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*golǫba
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Definite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫbъjь
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*golǫbaja
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*golǫboje
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| genitive
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*golǫbajego
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*golǫbyję̇
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*golǫbajego
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| dative
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*golǫbujemu
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*golǫběji
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*golǫbujemu
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| accusative
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*golǫbъjь
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*golǫbǫjǫ
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*golǫboje
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| instrumental
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*golǫbyjimь
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*golǫbǫjǫ
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*golǫbyjimь
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| locative
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*golǫbějemь
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*golǫběji
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*golǫbějemь
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| vocative
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*golǫbъjь
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*golǫbaja
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*golǫboje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫbaja
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*golǫběji
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*golǫběji
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| genitive
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*golǫbuju
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*golǫbuju
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*golǫbuju
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| dative
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*golǫbyjima
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*golǫbyjima
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*golǫbyjima
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| accusative
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*golǫbaja
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*golǫběji
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*golǫběji
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| instrumental
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*golǫbyjima
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*golǫbyjima
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*golǫbyjima
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| locative
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*golǫbuju
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*golǫbuju
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*golǫbuju
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| vocative
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*golǫbaja
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*golǫběji
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*golǫběji
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*golǫbiji
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*golǫbyję̇
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*golǫbaja
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| genitive
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*golǫbъjixъ
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*golǫbъjixъ
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*golǫbъjixъ
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| dative
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*golǫbyjimъ
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*golǫbyjimъ
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*golǫbyjimъ
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| accusative
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*golǫbyję̇
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*golǫbyję̇
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*golǫbaja
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| instrumental
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*golǫbyjimi
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*golǫbyjimi
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*golǫbyjimi
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| locative
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*golǫbyjixъ
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*golǫbyjixъ
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*golǫbyjixъ
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| vocative
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*golǫbiji
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*golǫbyję̇
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*golǫbaja
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: голѫбъ (golǫbŭ), голубъ (golubŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: голубы́й (holubýj)
- Belarusian: галубы́ (halubý) (dialectal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: голубы́й (holubŷ́j)
- Ukrainian: голуби́й (holubýj)
- Russian: голубо́й (golubój), голубы́й (golubýj) (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
- Old Novgorodian: голѫбе (golǫbe)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гь́лъп (gʹ́lǎp, “blue, dark blue”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: голу̀бијӣ (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
- Latin script: golùbijī (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
- Slovene: golobji
- West Slavic:
- Czech: holubí
- Old Polish: gołęby (“grayish, ashy, dove-coloured”)
- Polish: gołębi
- → Old Prussian: golimban (“blue”)
- Slovak: holubí
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golǫbъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “голубой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, pages 20–21
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*golǫbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “adj. o ‘blue’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “golǫbъ golǫba golǫbo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c blå (PR 138)”