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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 *gręzti (“to sink”) + *-ь.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grę̑zь | *grę̑zi | *grę̑zi |
| genitive | *gręzí | *gręzьjù, *gręžu* | *gręzь̀jь |
| dative | *grę̑zi | *gręzьmà | *grę̑zьmъ |
| accusative | *grę̑zь | *grę̑zi | *grę̑zi |
| instrumental | *gręzьjǫ́ | *gręzьmà | *gręzьmì |
| locative | *gręzí | *gręzьjù, *gręžu* | *grę̑zьxъ |
| vocative | *gręzi | *grę̑zi | *grę̑zi |
* 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
- *gręza (“mud, dirt, mire”)
- *gręziti (“to sink”)
- *gręzti (“to sink”)
- *grę̑znǫti (“to sink”)
- *grǫziti (“to sink”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: hřez (Jungmann's 18th-century dictionary)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грязь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grę̑zь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “f. i (c) ‘mud, dirt’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gręzь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c smuds, slam (PR 138)”