Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagrъ

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

Of uncertain origin; but most likely a ro-derivative of *bagati +‎ *-rъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

It is possible that the particular meaning crimson/purple has been influenced by Oghuric Turkic *baɣur < Proto-Turkic *bakɨr (“copper”).

Noun

*bãgrъ m

1. dye
2. crimson, scarlet

Declension

Declension of *bãgrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bãgrъ	*bāgrà	*bāgrì
genitive	*bāgrà	*bāgrù	*bãgrъ
dative	*bāgrù	*bāgròma	*bāgròmъ
accusative	*bãgrъ	*bāgrà	*bāgrỳ
instrumental	*bāgrъ̀mь, *bāgròmь*	*bāgròma	*bãgry
locative	*bāgrě̀	*bāgrù	*bãgrěxъ
vocative	*bagre	*bāgrà	*bāgrì

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

Derived terms

• *bagra
• *bagro
• *bagrovъ
• *bagriti (“to paint”)
• *bagrěnъ (“painted, tinct”)
• *bagridlo (“dye”)
• *bagrьcь

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)

*bělъ (of animals) *bronъ	*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ	*čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ (of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
*čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ	*rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ (of animals) *gnědъ	*žьltъ (of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
*zelenъ	*zelenъ, *grěnъ
	*polvъ	*siňь; *modrъ
*slivъ	*bagrъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ба́гра (báhra)
  • Russian: ба́гор (bágor) and баго́р (bagór) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Russian: багря́ный (bagrjányj)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: ба́гра (báhra), ба́грий (báhryj) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: багъръ (bagŭrŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⰰⰳⱏⱃⱏ (bagŭrŭ)

  • Bulgarian: ба̀гър (bàgǎr)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: ба́гра (bágra)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: bàgra / ба̀гра
  • Slovene: báger (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bag(ъ)rъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 01 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 131
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “багра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 24