Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrčь
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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
Possibly an expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *kъrčь (“spasm”) or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, to twine”) + *-čь, akin to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).
Noun
*gъ̀rčь m
Alternative forms
- *gъ̀rča (jā-stem)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gъrčь | *gъrča | *gъrči |
| genitive | *gъrča | *gъrču | *gъrčь |
| dative | *gъrču | *gъrčema | *gъrčemъ |
| accusative | *gъrčь | *gъrča | *gъrčę̇ |
| instrumental | *gъrčьmь, *gъrčemь* | *gъrčema | *gъrči |
| locative | *gъrči | *gъrču | *gъrčixъ |
| vocative | *gъrču | *gъrča | *gъrči |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: ги́рч'а (hýrčʺa) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: görcs
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrčь/*gъrčа”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гърча се”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 304
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “grča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rča”