Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golǫbь

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

Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin version of Latin columbus.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*gȍlǭbь m^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

pigeon

Declension

Declension of *golǫ̃bь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*golǫ̃bь	*golǭbì	golǫ̃bьjē, golǫ̃bľē^*
genitive	*golǫ̃bi	golǫ̃bьju, golǫbľu^*	golǭbь̀jь, golǫ̃bi^*
dative	*golǭbì	*golǫ̃bьma	*golǭbь̀mъ
accusative	*golǫ̃bь	*golǭbì	*golǭbì
instrumental	*golǭbь̀mь	*golǫ̃bьma	*golǫ̃bьmī
locative	*golǫ̃bi	golǫ̃bьju, golǫbľu^*	*golǭbь̀xъ
vocative	*golǫbi	*golǭbì	golǫ̃bьjē, golǫ̃bľē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *gȍlǫbь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gȍlǫbь	*gȍlǫbi	gȍlǫbьjē, gȍlǫbľē^*
genitive	*golǫbí	golǫbьjù, golǫbľu^*	*golǫbь̀jь
dative	*gȍlǫbi	*golǫbьmà	*gȍlǫbьmъ
accusative	*gȍlǫbь	*gȍlǫbi	*gȍlǫbi
instrumental	*gȍlǫbьmь	*golǫbьmà	*golǫbьmì
locative	*golǫbí	golǫbьjù, golǫbľu^*	*gȍlǫbьxъ
vocative	*golǫbi	*gȍlǫbi	gȍlǫbьjē, gȍlǫbľē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: голѫбь (golǫbĭ), голубь (golubĭ), голобь (golobĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: го́лубъ (hólub)
    - Belarusian: го́луб (hólub)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: го́луб (hólub)
    - Ukrainian: го́луб (hólub)
  - Russian: го́лубь (gólubʹ); го́луб (gólub) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: голѫбь (golǫbĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰳⱁⰾⱘⰱⱐ (golǫbĭ)
- Bulgarian: гъ́лъб (gǎ́lǎb); го́лаб (gólab), го́луб (gólub), го́лъмб (gólǎmb) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: гулаб (gulab), голаб (golab); галаб (galab) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: го̏лӯб; гу̏лӯб, го̏лоб (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: gȍlūb; gȕlūb, gȍlob (dialectal)
- Slovene: golọ̑b (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: holub
  - Czech: holub
- Kashubian: gòłąb
- Polabian: ďölǫb
- Old Polish: gołąb
  - Polish: gołąb; gou̯omp (dialectal)
- Slovak: holub
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: gołub; gołb, gołyb (dialectal)
  - Upper Sorbian: hołb

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: galamb
- → Romanian: hulub

References

^ Schrader, Otto (1912) Die Anschauungen V. Hehns von der Herkunft unserer Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere im Lichte neuerer Forschung‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 46
^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, pages 20–21
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȍlǫbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “m. i (c) ‘pigeon, dove’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “golǫbь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c due (PR 138)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “golọ̑b”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍlǫbь, *gȍlǫbъ”
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[3], University of Vienna, page 9: “*gȍlǭbь”
^ Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[4] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 539

[Schrader-1] Schrader, Otto (1912) Die Anschauungen V. Hehns von der Herkunft unserer Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere im Lichte neuerer Forschung‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 46

[2] Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, pages 20–21

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȍlǫbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “m. i (c) ‘pigeon, dove’”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “golǫbь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c due (PR 138)”

[5] Snoj, Marko (2016) “golọ̑b”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍlǫbь, *gȍlǫbъ”

[6] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[3], University of Vienna, page 9: “*gȍlǭbь”

[7] Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[4] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 539

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