Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьľь

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

Etymology

*vorbь (i-stem) +‎ *-ьľь

Noun

*vorbь̀ľь m

alternative form of *vorbь (“sparrow”)

Declension

Declension of *vorbь̀ľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vorbь̀ľь	*vorbьľà	*vorbьľì
genitive	*vorbьľà	*vorbьľù	*vorbь̀ľь
dative	*vorbьľù	*vorbьľèma	*vorbь̀ľemъ
accusative	*vorbь̀ľь	*vorbьľà	*vorbьľę̇̀
instrumental	vorbьľь̀mь, vorbьľèmь^*	*vorbьľèma	*vorbь̀ľi
locative	*vorbьľì	*vorbьľù	*vorbь̀ľixъ
vocative	*vorbьľu	*vorbьľà	*vorbьľì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*vorbьjь
*vorbьcь, *vorbokъ (diminutive)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: ворабе́ль (vorabélʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: врабец (vrabec); врабче (vrabče)
- Slovene: vrábelj (dialectal)
- → Albanian: harabel
West Slavic:
- Czech: vrabel (dialectal)
- Kashubian: warbel
- Polabian: vorble pl
- Old Polish: wrobl; Wróblew (toponym)
  - Polish: wróbel
    - → Russian: Вру́бель (Vrúbelʹ) (surname)
    - →⇒ Ukrainian: вру́блик (vrúblyk) (diminutive, dialectal)
- Slovak: vrábel, vrábeľ (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wrobel
  - Upper Sorbian: wrobl; rόbl (dialectal)