ai̯băroi̯

Polabian

Alternative forms
  • ai̯bəroi̯

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *(ob)varovati. By surface analysis containing the prefix ai̯-, with an otherwise unattested infinitive (cf. boroi̯).

Verb

ai̯băroi̯

  1. save!, preserve! (second-person or third-person singular imperative)
    Synonyms: agoi̯, boroi̯
    • 1705, Christian Hennig, Vocabularium Venedicum
      Büsatz eybaróy
      Büzăc ai̯băroi̯
      May God protect you!
    • 1725, Johann Parum Schultze, Die Wendländische Bauernchronik
      Bug heybarro
      Büg ai̯băroi̯
      May God protect you!

References
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967) Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 32
  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “ai̯bəroi̯”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 3
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