бобъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бобъ (bobŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bòbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bab-а/āˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-o/eh₂, from a European substrate root appearing in Indo-European like *bʰabʰ- (bean). Cognate with Russian боб (bob), Latin faba.

Pronunciation

  • (Northern dialects: Old Belarusian) /bob/
  • (Southern dialects: Old Ukrainian) ⟨bo₂b⟩⟨bu₂b⟩/bib/

Noun

бобъ • (bobm (genitive бобу, nominative plural бобы, genitive plural бобовъ, related adjective бобовый)

  1. bean
    Ты возми собѣ пшеницу… и бобъTy vozmi sobě pšenicu… i bob(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    тот же бѡб варен… и смѣшен с перцемъ долгимъ да с рꙋговою травою…tot že bôb varen… i směšen s percem dolhim da s ruhovoju travoju…(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of бобъ (bob) (irregular)
singular plural
nominative бобъ (bob) бобы (boby)
genitive бобу (bobu) бобовъ (bobov)
dative
accusative
instrumental
locative
vocative

Descendants

  • Belarusian: боб (bob)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: бӱб (büb)
  • Ukrainian: біб (bib)

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бобъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 108
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “бобъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 202
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бобъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 133