Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/astrębъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

• *àstrę̄bь
• *àstrě̄bъ
• *àsъtrę̄bъ
• *àsъtrě̄bъ

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-us (“swift, fast”) + the zero grade of *pter- (“wing”), whence also Ancient Greek ὠκύπτερος (ōkúpteros, “swift-winged (hawk or falcon)”), Latin accipiter (“hawk”), and from the first word in the compound, Sanskrit आशु (āśu), Latin ocior and Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús). Formed with the suffix found in other bird names, compare *golǫbь (“pigeon”).

Noun

*àstrę̄bъ m

1. hawk

Declension

*àstrę̄bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*àstrę̄bъ	*astręba	*àstrę̄bi
Accusative	*àstrę̄bъ	*astręba	*àstrę̄by
Genitive	*àstrę̄ba	*astrębu	*àstrę̄bъ
Locative	*àstrę̄bě	*astrębu	*àstrę̄bě̄xъ
Dative	*àstrę̄bu	*astręboma	*àstrę̄bomъ
Instrumental	*àstrę̄bъmь, *àstrę̄bomь*	*astręboma	*àstrę̄bȳ
Vocative	*astrębe	*astręba	*àstrę̄bi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic: ꙗстрѧбъ (jastrębŭ), ястребъ (jastrebŭ)
  • Belarusian: я́страб (jástrab)
  • Russian: я́стреб (jástreb)
  • Ukrainian: я́струб (jástrub), я́стрiб (jástrib), я́стер (jáster) (dialectally also я́стряб (jástrjab))

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́стреб (jástreb)
  • Macedonian: јастреб (jastreb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ја̏стријеб (dialectally also ја̏стре̄б, ја̏стрӯб)

    Latin: jȁstrijeb (dialectally also jȁstrēb, jȁstrūb)

  • Slovene: jȃstreb (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jestřáb, jěstřáb
    • Czech: jestřáb
  • Polish: jastrząb
  • Slovak: jastrab
  • Slovincian: jȧ̃střïb
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jastśeb
    • Upper Sorbian: jatřob

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ястреб”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Trubačev O. N., editor (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 82f
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29