Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/arębъ

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

*arębi – Perdix perdix

Etymology

*a- +‎ *rębъ (“speckled, spotted”). Found with an unprefixed analogue in Latvian irbe (“partridge”) against an adjective raibs (“variegated, spotted”), which is in Lithuanian raibas (“variegated, spotted”), to be juxtaposed with Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”) (which has derivations denoting the similar-looking hazel grouse) and Old Irish riabach (“spotted, variegated”); note also Old Norse rjúpa (“ptarmigan”).

Noun

*arębъ m

partridge

Declension

Declension of *arębъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*arębъ	*aręba	*arębi
genitive	*aręba	*arębu	*arębъ
dative	*arębu	*aręboma	*arębomъ
accusative	*arębъ	*aręba	*aręby
instrumental	arębъmь, arębomь^*	*aręboma	*aręby
locative	*arębě	*arębu	*aręběxъ
vocative	*arębe	*aręba	*arębi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*arębatъ
*arębica
*arębina

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: *орѧбъ (*orjab), орѧбка (orjabka), рѧбець (rjabecʹ)
  - Belarusian: о́раб (órab) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: оря́бок (orjábok, “hazel grouse”), ря́бчик (rjábčyk, “hazel grouse”)
- ⇒ Russian: ря́бчик (rjábčik, “hazel grouse”)
South Slavic:
- Russian Church Slavonic: ꙗрѧбь (jarębĭ)
- Middle Bulgarian: ерѧбь (erębĭ)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: я́ребица (járebica)
  - ⇒ Macedonian: еребица (erebica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: jа̏ре̑б
  
  Latin script: jȁrȇb
  
  Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: ȍreb
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
    - Cyrillic script: јарѐбица
    - Latin script: jarèbica
- Slovene: jerẹ̑b, jarẹ̑b
  - ⇒ Slovene: jerebíca
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jeřáb
  - Czech: jeřáb
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): řeřáb
    - ⇒ Czech: jeřábek (“hazel grouse”)
    - ⇒ Czech: jeřabice, orebice (“rock partridge”)
- Polish: jarząb
  - ⇒ Polish: jarząbek (“grouse”)
- Slovak: jarab
  - ⇒ Slovak: jariabok (“hazel grouse”)

Non-Slavic:
- →? Old High German: rebhuon, rebahuon
  - Middle High German: rëphuon
    - German: Repphuhn, Rebhuhn
    - Vilamovian: raubhün
- →? Middle Low German: raphōn (influenced by rap (“rash”))
  - Low German: Rapphohn
  - → Danish: raphøne (disused)
  - →? Middle Dutch: raaphoen, raphoen
  - → Norwegian: rapphøne, formerly also raphøne
  - → Old Swedish: raphōns
    - Swedish: rapphöna