Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bǫbarъ

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

Alternative forms

• *bǫbalъ
• *brǫbarъ, *brǫbalъ

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from duplication of the root of *bъmъ, *brьmъ (“buzz, hum”) +‎ *-arъ. Cognate with Lithuanian bam̃balas (“bumblebee, cockchafer”), Latvian bam̃bals (“beetle”) and further comparable with Sanskrit बम्भरः (bambharaḥ, “bee”), Ancient Greek βομβυλιός (bombuliós, “bumblebee”).

Noun

*bǫ̀barъ m

1. beetle; bumblebee

Inflection

Declension of *bǫbarъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bǫbarъ	*bǫbara	*bǫbari
genitive	*bǫbara	*bǫbaru	*bǫbarъ
dative	*bǫbaru	*bǫbaroma	*bǫbaromъ
accusative	*bǫbarъ	*bǫbara	*bǫbary
instrumental	*bǫbarъmь, *bǫbaromь*	*bǫbaroma	*bǫbary
locative	*bǫbarě	*bǫbaru	*bǫbarěxъ
vocative	*bǫbare	*bǫbara	*bǫbari

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

• *bǫbarъ (“beetle; bumblebee”)
• *bьčela (“bee”)
• *čьmeľь (“bumblebee”)
• *komarъ (“mosquito”)
• *muxa (“fly”)
• *osa (“wasp”)
• *sьrxy (“hornet”)
• *trǫtъ (“drone”)
• *žuža

Related terms

• *bǫbati (“to bang”)
  • *bǫbьnъ (“drum”)
• *brьměti, *brьmьčiti (“to buzz, to hum”)
• *bǫkъ (“beetle, bug”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Russian: буба́рка (bubárka), бубари́ца (bubaríca)
  • Ukrainian: бомба́р (bombár, “cockchafer”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бъ́бар (bǎ́bar), бръ́мбар (brǎ́mbar), бръ́мбал (brǎ́mbal)
  • Macedonian: бумбар (bumbar), брмбалец (brmbalec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бу̏мба̄р, бубаљка

    Latin script: bȕmbār, bubaljka, bunbor

    • → Slovene: bȗmbar (“simpleton”) (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bǫbarъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 230
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъбар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 96
• бомбар in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
• “bambalas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012