"vorbь" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-Slavic]

Etymology: Either of onomatopoeic origin from the same root as Proto-Slavic *verva (“fuss, noise”), *verskъ (“scream”) or probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (“to peck, to scratch”), akin to Lithuanian žvi̇̀rblis (“sparrow”) , Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”), virblis (“eagle”) (dialectal). If correct, the Baltic forms would reflect the s-mobile form of the root. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|sla-pro|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|sla-pro|*verva||fuss, noise}} Proto-Slavic *verva (“fuss, noise”), {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*(s)werbʰ-||to peck, to scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (“to peck, to scratch”), {{cog|lt|žvìrblis||sparrow}} Lithuanian žvi̇̀rblis (“sparrow”), {{cog|lv|zvirbulis||sparrow}} Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”) Head templates: {{sla-noun|m|head=*võrbь}} *võrbь m Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|ap=b|g=m|stem=i}} Forms: võrbь [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], b [accent-paradigm], võrbь [nominative, singular], vōrbì [dual, nominative], võrbьjē [nominative, plural], võrbi [genitive, singular], võrbьju [dual, genitive], vōrbь̀jь [genitive, plural], vōrbì [dative, singular], võrbьma [dative, dual], vōrbь̀mъ [dative, plural], võrbь [accusative, singular], vōrbì [accusative, dual], vōrbì [accusative, plural], vōrbь̀mь [instrumental, singular], võrbьma [dual, instrumental], võrbьmī [instrumental, plural], võrbi [locative, singular], võrbьju [dual, locative], vōrbь̀xъ [locative, plural], vorbi [singular, vocative], vōrbì [dual, vocative], võrbьjē [plural, vocative]
  1. sparrow Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: vorbьjь, vorbьľь, vorbьcь, vorbokъ, vorbьčę [diminutive] Related terms: svorbъ (english: itch), arębъ (english: partridge), rębъ (english: speckled, spotted)

Alternative forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "raw_tags": [
                "n"
              ],
              "roman": "horobʺjá",
              "word": "гороб'я́"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "raw_tags": [
                "n"
              ],
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              "word": "вороб'я́"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "zle-muk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "n"
          ],
          "roman": "vorobjá",
          "sense": "sparrow",
          "word": "воробѧ́"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
              "lang_code": "hsb",
              "word": "wrobl"
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          ],
          "lang": "Sorbian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vrabie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "veréb"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*verva",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verva"
    ],
    [
      "*verskъ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)werbʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)werbʰ-"
    ],
    [
      "žvi̇̀rblis",
      "žvirblis#Lithuanian"
    ],
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      "zvirbulis",
      "zvirbulis#Latvian"
    ],
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      "virblis",
      "virblis#Latvian"
    ],
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      "s-mobile"
    ]
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    },
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        "3": "",
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "žvìrblis",
        "3": "",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either of onomatopoeic origin from the same root as Proto-Slavic *verva (“fuss, noise”), *verskъ (“scream”) or probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (“to peck, to scratch”), akin to Lithuanian žvi̇̀rblis (“sparrow”) , Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”), virblis (“eagle”) (dialectal). If correct, the Baltic forms would reflect the s-mobile form of the root.",
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    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accent-paradigm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьjē",
      "roman": "võrbľē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьju",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀jь",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀mъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀mь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьju",
      "roman": "vorbľu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀xъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьjē",
      "roman": "võrbľē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "head": "*võrbь"
      },
      "expansion": "*võrbь m",
      "name": "sla-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "ap": "b",
        "g": "m",
        "stem": "i"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "vorbьjь"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorbьľь"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorbьcь"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorbokъ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "vorbьčę"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sparrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-vorbь-sla-pro-noun-BFTVJ6f6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sparrow",
          "sparrow"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "itch",
          "translation": "itch",
          "word": "svorbъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "partridge",
          "translation": "partridge",
          "word": "arębъ"
        },
        {
          "english": "speckled, spotted",
          "translation": "speckled, spotted",
          "word": "rębъ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vorbь"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "vorbьjь"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbьľь"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbьcь"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorbokъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "vorbьčę"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
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                "n"
              ],
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              "word": "гороб'я́"
            },
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              "lang_code": "uk",
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                "n"
              ],
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            }
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          "word": "воробѧ́"
        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "hsb",
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            }
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        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "veréb"
    }
  ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verva"
    ],
    [
      "*verskъ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)werbʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)werbʰ-"
    ],
    [
      "žvi̇̀rblis",
      "žvirblis#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "zvirbulis",
      "zvirbulis#Latvian"
    ],
    [
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      "virblis#Latvian"
    ],
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      "s-mobile"
    ]
  ],
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        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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    },
    {
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        "5": "to peck, to scratch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- (“to peck, to scratch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "žvìrblis",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "sparrow"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accent-paradigm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьjē",
      "roman": "võrbľē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьju",
      "roman": "vorbľu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀jь",
      "roman": "võrbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀mъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀mь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьju",
      "roman": "vorbľu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbь̀xъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vorbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vōrbì",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "võrbьjē",
      "roman": "võrbľē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "*võrbь"
      },
      "expansion": "*võrbь m",
      "name": "sla-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "ap": "b",
        "g": "m",
        "stem": "i"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorbь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "itch",
      "translation": "itch",
      "word": "svorbъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "partridge",
      "translation": "partridge",
      "word": "arębъ"
    },
    {
      "english": "speckled, spotted",
      "translation": "speckled, spotted",
      "word": "rębъ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic masculine i-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic onomatopoeias",
        "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "sla-pro:True sparrows"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sparrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparrow",
          "sparrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vorbь"
}

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