серьга

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Clipping of усерязь (userjazĭ), усерягь (userjagĭ, “earring”), from Gothic *𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*ausahriggs, “earring”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛrɪˈɡɑ/→/sʲɛrʲɪˈɡa/→/sʲɛːrʲˈɡa/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /sɛrɪˈɡɑ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲɛrʲɪˈɡa/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲɛːrʲˈɡa/

Hyphenation: се‧рь‧га

Noun

серьга (serĭga) f (diminutive серьжька)

earring

Declension

Declension of серьга (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	серьга serĭga	серьзѣ serĭzě	серьгꙑ serĭgy
Genitive	серьгꙑ serĭgy	серьгу serĭgu	серьгъ serĭgŭ
Dative	серьзѣ serĭzě	серьгама serĭgama	серьгамъ serĭgamŭ
Accusative	серьгѫ serĭgǫ	серьзѣ serĭzě	серьгꙑ serĭgy
Instrumental	серьгоѭ serĭgojǫ	серьгама serĭgama	серьгами serĭgami
Locative	серьзѣ serĭzě	серьгу serĭgu	серьгахъ serĭgaxŭ
Vocative	серьго serĭgo	серьзѣ serĭzě	серьгꙑ serĭgy

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: серга́ (serhá)
- Ukrainian: серга́ (serhá), сірга́ (sirhá)
Russian: серьга́ (serʹgá)

References

^ Furman, Morion (2020) Der Einfluss des Deutschen auf die russische und die slowenische Sprache (Thesis) (Münchner Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft (Slavistik))‎ (Master's thesis, in German), Munich, Germany: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, →DOI, page 68

Further reading

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “серьга”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 340
Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “серьга́”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 171

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic серьга (serĭga).

Pronunciation

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Noun

серьга́ • (serʹgá) f inan (genitive серьги́, nominative plural се́рьги, genitive plural серёг, diminutive серёжка)

earring

Declension

Declension of серьга́ (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-f/d irreg)

	singular	plural
nominative	серьга́ serʹgá	се́рьги sérʹgi
genitive	серьги́ serʹgí	серёг^△ serjóg^△
dative	серьге́ serʹgé	серьга́м, се́рьгам serʹgám, sérʹgam
accusative	серьгу́ serʹgú	се́рьги sérʹgi
instrumental	серьго́й, серьго́ю serʹgój, serʹgóju	серьга́ми, се́рьгами serʹgámi, sérʹgami
prepositional	серьге́ serʹgé	серьга́х, се́рьгах serʹgáx, sérʹgax

^△Irregular.

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