Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьrba
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skirˀbāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[1]
Cognate with Latvian šķirba (“fissure, slot”). Morphologically from *ščьrbiti.
Noun
*ščьrba f
Declension
Declension of *ščьrba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščьrba | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
| genitive | *ščьrby | *ščьrbu | *ščьrbъ |
| dative | *ščьrbě | *ščьrbama | *ščьrbamъ |
| accusative | *ščьrbǫ | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
| instrumental | *ščьrbojǫ, *ščьrbǫ** | *ščьrbama | *ščьrbami |
| locative | *ščьrbě | *ščьrbu | *ščьrbasъ, *ščьrbaxъ* |
| vocative | *ščьrbo | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščŕbа (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щерба́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress