bobor

See also: Bobor

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus

Proto-Slavic *bobrъ

Slovak bobor

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔbɔr/, [ˈbɔbɔr]
• Rhymes: -ɔbɔr
• Hyphenation: bo‧bor

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

bobor m animal (female equivalent bobrica, relational adjective bobrí or bobrový, diminutive bobrík)

1. beaver

Declension

Declension of bobor
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	bobor	bobry
genitive	bobra	bobrov
dative	bobrovi	bobrom
accusative	bobra	bobry
locative	bobrovi	bobroch
instrumental	bobrom	bobrami

Further reading

• “bobor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026