bobr

See also: Bobr, bóbr, and Bóbr

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bobr, from Proto-Slavic *bobrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbobr̩]

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Noun

bobr m anim

1. beaver

Declension

Declension of bobr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bobr	bobři
genitive	bobra	bobrů
dative	bobrovi, bobru	bobrům
accusative	bobra	bobry
vocative	bobře	bobři
locative	bobrovi, bobru	bobrech
instrumental	bobrem	bobry

Derived terms

• bobr evropský
• bobřík

 

Further reading

• bobr in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bobr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bobr in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bobrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔbr/

Noun

bobr m animal

1. beaver

Declension

Declension of bobr

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bobr	bobra	bobry
Genitive	bobra	bobrowu	bobrow
Dative	bobroju	bobroma	bobram
Accusative	bobra	bobrowu	bobry, bobrow
Instrumental	bobrom	bobroma	bobrami
Locative	bobrje	bobroma	bobrach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bobr”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bobr”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag