Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьbľь

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

European wildcat

Etymology

From *stьbъ (“stem, stalk; cane, reed, rush”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*stьbľь m

1. wildcat

Declension

Declension of *stьbľь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьbľь	*stьbľa	*stьbľi
genitive	*stьbľa	*stьbľu	*stьbľь
dative	*stьbľu	*stьbľema	*stьbľemъ
accusative	*stьbľь	*stьbľa	*stьbľę̇
instrumental	*stьbľьmь, *stьbľemь*	*stьbľema	*stьbľi
locative	*stьbľi	*stьbľu	*stьbľixъ
vocative	*stьbľu	*stьbľa	*stьbľi

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

See also

• *kotъ (“cat; tomcat”)
• *maca (“cat, pussy”)

Related terms

• *stьblo / *stьblь

Descendants

• East Slavic: —

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: стьбль (stĭblĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⱐⰱⰾⱐ (stĭblĭ)

  • Bulgarian: сте́бал (stébal)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: zdeb, zdbik
    • Polish: żbik, źbik

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
• Oleg Trubačóv (1960), Происхождение названий домашних животных в славянских языках, page 91-94
• Oleg Trubačóv (2003), Этногенез и культура древнейших славян, edition 2, page 194