Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rebro

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

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.

    Noun

    *rebrò n[1]

    1. rib

    Inflection

    Declension of *rebrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà
    genitive *rebrà *rebrù *rèbrъ
    dative *rebrù *rebròma *rebròmъ
    accusative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà
    instrumental *rebrъ̀mь, *rebròmь* *rebròma *rèbry
    locative *rebrě̀ *rebrù *rèbrěxъ
    vocative *rebrò *rèbrě *rebrà

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading

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

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rebrò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433:n. o (b) ‘rib’