bȏrъ

bȏrъ Grammatical information: m. u Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `pine-tree, pine forest'

Page in Trubačev: II 216-217

Church Slavic:

borъ (RuCS) `pine-tree, pine forest' [m o]

Russian:

bor `coniferous forest' [m o];

bor (dial.) `woods, forest, heather, shrubbery, high place, dry place, waterless valley' [m o/u]

Old Russian:

borъ `pine-tree, pine forest' [m o], borove [Nompl]

Ukrainian:

bir `pine forest, coniferous forest' [m o/u], bóru [Gensg];

byr (dial.) `high, sandy place, pinewood in a high, sandy place ' [m o/u], boru [Gensg]

Czech:

bor `coniferous forest, woods' [m o];

bor (dial.) `pine-tree, pine forest' [m o]

Slovak:

bor `pine-tree' [m o];

bôr `pine-tree' [m o]

Polish:

bór `forest' [m o], boru [Gensg], boru [Locsg]

Slovincian:

bȯ́r `dry, barren soil, pine forest' [m o]

Upper Sorbian:

bór (arch.) `pine-tree, pine forest' [m o]

Lower Sorbian:

bór (obs.) `pine-tree, (pine) forest' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

bȏr `pine-tree' [m o], bȍra [Gens];

Čak. bõr (Vrgada) `pine-tree' [m o], borȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

bọ̑r `pine-tree' [m o]

Bulgarian:

bor `pine-tree' [m o]

Comments: In Slavic, there are many indications for an original u-stem borъ < *bʰoru-, e.g. RuCS borove `pine-trees' [Nom p], Pl. w boru `in the forest', or derivates based on a stem borov-, such as SCr. boròvīk `coniferous forest, pine forest', bòrovina `pine-tree, pinewood', bòrȏvka `bilberry, raspberry'.

Other cognates:

OIc. bǫrr `tree'

;

OE bearu `tree'

, bearwes [Gensg]