Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerbьjь

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

See *žerbъ.

Noun

*žerbьjь m

something cut off, offcut
lot, fate

Declension

Declension of *žerbьjь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žerbьjь	*žerbьja	*žerbьji
Accusative	*žerbьjь	*žerbьja	*žerbьję̇
Genitive	*žerbьja	*žerbьju	*žerbьjь
Locative	*žerbьji	*žerbьju	*žerbьjixъ
Dative	*žerbьju	*žerbьjema	*žerbьjemъ
Instrumental	žerbьjьmь, žerbьjemь^*	*žerbьjema	*žerbьji
Vocative	*žerbьju	*žerbьja	*žerbьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жеребии (žerebii), жеребеи (žerebei)
  - Belarusian: жэ́рабя (žérabja)
  - Russian: же́ребей (žérebej)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: жрѣбии (žrěbii), ждрѣбии (ždrěbii)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
  - → Russian: жре́бий (žrébij)
- Bulgarian: жре́бий (žrébij)

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hřebí
- Old Polish: źrzebʹ

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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