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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerbъ
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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”) (< *gr̥bʰō), Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.
Declension
Declension of *žerbъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *žerbъ | *žerba | *žerbi |
| Accusative | *žerbъ | *žerba | *žerby |
| Genitive | *žerba | *žerbu | *žerbъ |
| Locative | *žerbě | *žerbu | *žerběxъ |
| Dative | *žerbu | *žerboma | *žerbomъ |
| Instrumental | *žerbъmь, *žerbomь* | *žerboma | *žerby |
| Vocative | *žerbe | *žerba | *žerbi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жэ́раб (žérab)
- Russian: –
- Ukrainian: же́реб (žéreb)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: hřeb
- Slovak: žreb
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 (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жеребей”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “жребий”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 306
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