Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerbъ
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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-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch, cut out, incise”).
Baltic cognates include Old Prussian Asg. gīrbin (“number”).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “I carve, write”) (< *gr̥bʰoh₂), Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.
Noun
*žerbъ m
Declension
Declension of *žerbъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žerbъ | *žerba | *žerbi |
| genitive | *žerba | *žerbu | *žerbъ |
| dative | *žerbu | *žerboma | *žerbomъ |
| accusative | *žerbъ | *žerba | *žerby |
| instrumental | *žerbъmь, *žerbomь* | *žerboma | *žerby |
| locative | *žerbě | *žerbu | *žerběxъ |
| vocative | *žerbe | *žerba | *žerbi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жеребей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жребий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 306