žubr

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See also: zubr and żubr

Upper Sorbian

žubr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʒubʀ]
Hyphenation: žubr

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰ- (“tooth, horn, peg”).^[1]

Noun

žubr m

wisent, European bison (Bison bonasus)
bison (Bison)
- 1925, Korla Bohuwěr Šěca, Čłowjek w přirodźe:
  W połnócnej Americe běchu w prjedawšich časach njesměrnje wulke stadła dźiwich howjadow, bizony abo žubry, te so tam na prerijach pasechu a nikomu žaneje škody nječinjachu, dokelž tam žani ludźo njebydlachu. ^[2]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of žubr

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žubr	žubraj	žubry
genitive	žubra	žubrow	žubrow
dative	žubrej	žubromaj	žubram
accusative	žubra	žubraj	žubry
instrumental	žubrom	žubromaj	žubrami
locative	žubrje	žubromaj	žubrach
vocative	žubr	žubraj	žubry

Synonyms

(wisent): zubr
(bison): bizon

References

^ Grzegorz Jagodziński: Nieindoeuropejskie słownictwo w germańskim. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ Corpora Collection Leipzig University. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

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