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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golǫbъ
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
Back-formation from *gȍlǭbь (“pigeon”),[1][2] referring to the bird's neck plumage, i.e. “pigeon-colored”.
Declension
    
Indefinite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *golǫbъ | *golǫba | *golǫbo | 
| genitive | *golǫba | *golǫby | *golǫba | 
| dative | *golǫbu | *golǫbě | *golǫbu | 
| accusative | *golǫbъ | *golǫbǫ | *golǫbo | 
| instrumental | *golǫbomь | *golǫbojǫ | *golǫbomь | 
| locative | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | 
| vocative | *golǫbe | *golǫbo | *golǫbo | 
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | 
| genitive | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | 
| dative | *golǫboma | *golǫbama | *golǫboma | 
| accusative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | 
| instrumental | *golǫboma | *golǫbama | *golǫboma | 
| locative | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | *golǫbu | 
| vocative | *golǫba | *golǫbě | *golǫbě | 
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *golǫbi | *golǫby | *golǫba | 
| genitive | *golǫbъ | *golǫbъ | *golǫbъ | 
| dative | *golǫbomъ | *golǫbamъ | *golǫbomъ | 
| accusative | *golǫby | *golǫby | *golǫba | 
| instrumental | *golǫby | *golǫbami | *golǫby | 
| locative | *golǫběxъ | *golǫbaxъ | *golǫběxъ | 
| vocative | *golǫbi | *golǫby | *golǫba | 
Definite declension of *golǫbъ (hard)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbaja | *golǫboje | 
| genitive | *golǫbajego | *golǫbyję̇ | *golǫbajego | 
| dative | *golǫbujemu | *golǫběji | *golǫbujemu | 
| accusative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbǫjǫ | *golǫboje | 
| instrumental | *golǫbyjimь | *golǫbǫjǫ | *golǫbyjimь | 
| locative | *golǫbějemь | *golǫběji | *golǫbějemь | 
| vocative | *golǫbъjь | *golǫbaja | *golǫboje | 
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji | 
| genitive | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | 
| dative | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | 
| accusative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji | 
| instrumental | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | *golǫbyjima | 
| locative | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | *golǫbuju | 
| vocative | *golǫbaja | *golǫběji | *golǫběji | 
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | 
| nominative | *golǫbiji | *golǫbyję̇ | *golǫbaja | 
| genitive | *golǫbъjixъ | *golǫbъjixъ | *golǫbъjixъ | 
| dative | *golǫbyjimъ | *golǫbyjimъ | *golǫbyjimъ | 
| accusative | *golǫbyję̇ | *golǫbyję̇ | *golǫbaja | 
| instrumental | *golǫbyjimi | *golǫbyjimi | *golǫbyjimi | 
| locative | *golǫbyjixъ | *golǫbyjixъ | *golǫbyjixъ | 
| vocative | *golǫbiji | *golǫbyję̇ | *golǫbaja | 
Related terms
    
- *gȍlǭbь (“pigeon”)
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гь́лъп (gʹ́lǎp, “blue, dark blue”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: голу̀бијӣ (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
- Latin script: golùbijī (“pigeon; dove-coloured”)
 
- Slovene: golobji
 
- West Slavic:
Further reading
    
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golǫbъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
References
    
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “голубой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, pages 20–21
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*golǫbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 175: “adj. o ‘blue’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001) “golǫbъ golǫba golǫbo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c blå (PR 138)”
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