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

1. 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)

Further reading

• ворабель in Горох.ua (Етимологія)