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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbьjь

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

*vorbь (i-stem) +‎ *-ьjь

Noun

*vorbь̀jь m[1][2]

  1. Alternative form of *vorbь (“sparrow”)

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вороби́и (vorobíi), вереби́и (verebíi)
      • Old Belarusian: воробе́й (vorobéj)[3]
        • Belarusian: веребе́й (vjerjebjéj)
          • ⇒ Belarusian: воро́бчык (voróbčyk)
      • Russian: воробе́й (vorobéj); веребе́й (verebéj) (dialectal); Воробей (Vorobej) (surname)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: Воробьевъ (Vorobʹjev) (surname)
      • Old Ukrainian: воробе́й (vorobéj), воробїй (vorobij); Воробеи (Vorobei, “surname”)[4]
        • Ukrainian: горобе́й (horobéj), воробе́й (vorobéj), веребе́й (verebéj) (dialectal); шворобéй (švorobéj), шворабéй (švorabéj), шорабéй (šorabéj), шурабéй (šurabéj) (Polesian dialects)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: оробе́йко (orobéjko) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: врабии (vrabii)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱃⰰⰱⰺⰺ (vrabii)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: врабий (vrabij)
      • → Old East Slavic: врабии (vrabii)
    • Bulgarian: врабе́й (vrabéj) (dated, formal)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “воробей”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrábec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorbьcь̏, *vorbьjь̏”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorbьjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spurv (PR 134)”
  3. Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1984), “воробей”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 4 (вкупитися – вспевати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 186
  4. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воробей, воробїй”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 230
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