# бобръ
## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ. Doublet of бебръ (bebrŭ) and бьбръ (bĭbrŭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːbrʊ/→/ˈboːbrʊ/→/ˈbɔːbr/, /ˈboːbr/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈboːbrʊ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈboːbrʊ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈbɔːbr/, /ˈboːbr/
* Hyphenation: бо́‧бръ

### Noun

бобръ (bobrŭ) m (related adjective бобровъ)
* beaver
* beaver pelt

#### Related terms

* бобровина (bobrovina)
* бобровъ (bobrovŭ)
* бобровьникъ (bobrovĭnikŭ)

#### Descendants

* Old Ruthenian: бо́бръ (bóbr)
** Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
** Carpathian Rusyn: бобе́р (bobér)
** Ukrainian: бобе́р (bobér); бібр (bibr), бобро́ (bobró) (dialectal)
* Middle Russian: бобръ (bobr), бобе́ръ (bobér)
** Russian: бобёр (bobjór), бобр (bobr); бобер (bober) (obsolete)

### Further reading

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бобръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 125
* Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “бобръ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248
* Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1975), “бобръ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 1 (а – бяшенина), Moscow: Nauka, page 253

## Old Novgorodian
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *bʰébʰrus
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bábrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóbʰrus, *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), from *bʰerH- (“brown”). First attested in c. 1240‒1260.
Cognate with Old East Slavic бобръ (bobrŭ), Russian бобр (bobr), Bulgarian бо́бър (bóbǎr), Polish bóbr. Doublet of бебръ (bebrŭ).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: бо‧бръ

### Noun

бобръ • (bobrŭ) m
* beaver
* beaver pelt
** c. 1240‒1260, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 420 [Birchbark letter no. 420]‎, Novgorod:… продалъ есмь сорокъ бобровъ милѧте на десѧти гривнъ серьбра олна же · вꙁьмъ серьбро то же даи бобрꙑ …… prodalŭ jesmĭ sorokŭ bobrovŭ milęte na desęti grivnŭ serĭbra olna že · vzĭmŭ serĭbro to že dai bobry …I have sold forty beaver skins to Miljata for ten silver grivnas. When you (singular) receive the money, then give (singular) the beaver skins.
** c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 193 [Birchbark letter no. 193]‎, Novgorod:… или велиши ѧзо ѡстафии с[едѣ] [д]амо и[л]и бо[б]р[ꙑ] …… ili veliši jęzo ostafii s[jedě] [d]amo i[l]i bo[b]r[y] …… or, if you order, I will give Ostafya here, or beaver pelts …

#### Related terms

* бебръ m (bebrŭ, “beaver; beaver pelt”)
* бебръке m (bebrŭke, “beaverkin, little beaver”)

### References

* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бобр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 286
* ↑ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 712

### Further reading

* “бобръ”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025

## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *bʰébʰrus
Inherited from Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bòbrъ, from *bèbrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), from *bʰerH- (“brown”).
Cognate with Russian бобёр (bobjór), бобр (bobr), which is from Middle Russian бобе́ръ (bobér), бобръ (bobr) and Old Polish bóbr, bobr, Old Czech bobr.

### Noun

бобръ • (bobr) m (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)
* beaver (mammal of the genus Castor)

### Noun

бобръ • (bobr) m (related adjective бобро́вый, diminutive бо́брикъ)
* beaver pelt

#### Related terms

* бобро́вый (bobróvyj)
* бобровницкїй (bobrovnickij)
* бобровничїй (bobrovničij)
* бобровный (bobrovnyj)
* бобровскїй (bobrovskij)
* бо́брикъ m (bóbrik)
* бобровичство n (bobrovičstvo)
* бобровни́къ m (bobrovník)
* бобровництво n (bobrovnictvo)
* бобровое n (bobrovoje)
* бобровщизна f (bobrovščizna)
* бобровщина f (bobrovščina)
* боброгонъ m (bobrohon)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
* Carpathian Rusyn: бобе́р (bobér)
* Ukrainian: бобе́р (bobér); бібр (bibr), бобро́ (bobró) (dialectal)

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 145: “ст.-укр. бобръ ― st.-ukr. bobr”
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бобер”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 215
* ↑ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бобе́р”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 154: “MUk. бобры (1456), бобра (1576), бобрувъ (1706)”
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бабёр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бобр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 286

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “бобръ”, 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
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*бобръ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 102
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “бобръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 86
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “бобръ”, 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 132