bober

See also: Bober and bòber

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.bɛr/

• (Masovia):
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.bɛr]
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.bɛr]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Masovian Borderland) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.bɛr]
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.bɛr]

• Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
• Syllabification: bo‧ber
• Homophone: Bober

Etymology 1

See bób.

Noun

bober m inan

1. (regional or dialectal, Masovian Borderland, Łowicz) alternative form of bób

Declension

Declension of bober

	singular	plural
nominative	bober	bobry
genitive	bobru	bobrów
dative	bobrowi	bobrom
accusative	bober	bobry
instrumental	bobrem	bobrami
locative	bobrze	bobrach
vocative	bobrze	bobry

Etymology 2

See bóbr.

Noun

bober m inan

1. (Podlachia, Zagórze) alternative form of bóbr

Declension

Declension of bober

	singular	plural
nominative	bober	bobry
genitive	bobru	bobrów
dative	bobrowi	bobrom
accusative	bober	bobry
instrumental	bobrem	bobrami
locative	bobrze	bobrach
vocative	bobrze	bobry

Further reading

• “bober”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bober”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “bóbr”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111
• Małgorzata Kapusta (2017), “bober”, in Mowa mieszkańców pogranicza Mazowsza (na przykładzie gminy Głowaczów w powiecie kozienickim) (in Polish), Warsaw: Elipsa, →ISBN, page 75
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “bober”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 21
• Halina Świderska (1929), “bober”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 90
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “bober”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[3] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 7

Romanian

Etymology 1

From bob +‎ -er.

Noun

bober m (plural boberi)

1. bobsledder

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bober	boberul	boberi	boberii
genitive-dative	bober	boberului	boberi	boberilor
vocative	boberule		boberilor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *bobrъ.

Noun

bober m (plural boberi)

1. beaver

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bober	boberul	boberi	boberii
genitive-dative	bober	boberului	boberi	boberilor
vocative	boberule		boberilor

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bóbr. Doublet of biber, a borrowing from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.bɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɛr
• Syllabification: bo‧ber

Noun

bober m animal

1. beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)

   Synonym: biber

Declension

Declension of bober

	singular	plural
nominative	bober	bobry
genitive	bobra	bobrōw
dative	bobrowi	bobrōm
accusative	bobra	bobry/bobrōw
instrumental	bobrym	bobrami/bobrōma
locative	bobrze	bobrach
vocative	bobrze	bobry

Further reading

• bober in dykcjonorz.eu
• Bogdan Kallus (2020), “bóbr”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 221
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “bober”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 68
• Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), “1706. bóbr”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 72

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bòːbər/, /bɔ̀ːbər/

Noun

bọ́bər or bóbər m anim

1. beaver (animal)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bóber
gen. sing.	bóbra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bóber	bóbra	bóbri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bóbra	bóbrov	bóbrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bóbru	bóbroma	bóbrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bóbra	bóbra	bóbre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bóbru	bóbrih	bóbrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bóbrom	bóbroma	bóbri

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bôber
gen. sing.	bôbra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bôber	bôbra	bôbri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bôbra	bôbrov	bôbrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bôbru	bôbroma	bôbrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bôbra	bôbra	bôbre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bôbru	bôbrih	bôbrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bôbrom	bôbroma	bôbri

Further reading

• “bober”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026