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

Etymology

*stьbľь (European wildcat)

From *stьbljь < *stьbjь < *stьbъ (“stem, stalk, trunk; 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.

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-‎ (0 c, 5 e)

See also

• *kòtъ (“cat; tomcat, male cat”)
• *maca (“pussy, pussycat, female cat”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стьбль (stĭblĭ), стебль (steblĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: стьбль (stĭblĭ), стьпль (stĭplĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱐⰱⰾⱐ (stĭblĭ), ⱄⱅⱐⱂⰾⱐ (stĭplĭ)

    • Bulgarian: сте́бал (stébal) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: step, zdeb (15th cent.)
    • ⇒ Old Polish: zdbik, zbik (diminutive)
      • Polish: żbik, źbik
        • → Kashubian: żbik
  • Kashubian: steb

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
• Trubachyov, Oleg (1960) Происхождение названий домашних животных в славянских языках [The origin of the names of domestic animals in Slavic languages]‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 91–94
• Trubachyov, Oleg (2003) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян: Лингвистические исследования [Ethnogenesis and Culture of the Ancient Slavs: Linguistic Research]‎^[3] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Nauka, page 194