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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěxъ
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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
Likely related to *grěti (“to heat, to warm”). Trubachev suggests that *grěxъ is a proto-Slavic innovation, derived in a similar way like *směxъ < *smьjati and *spěxъ < *spěti. If true, then the meaning "sin" is most certainly figurative.
Inflection
Declension of *grě̃xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *grě̃xъ | *grě̄xà | *grě̄śì |
| Accusative | *grě̃xъ | *grě̄xà | *grě̄xỳ |
| Genitive | *grě̄xà | *grě̄xù | *grě̃xъ |
| Locative | *grě̄śě̀ | *grě̄xù | *grě̃śěxъ |
| Dative | *grě̄xù | *grě̄xòma | *grě̄xòmъ |
| Instrumental | *grě̄xъ̀mь, *grě̄xòmь* | *grě̄xòma | *grě̃xy |
| Vocative | *grěše | *grě̄xà | *grě̄śì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *grěšiti
- *grěšьnъ
- *grěxovati
- *grěxovьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic: грѣхъ (grěxŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěxъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 07, Moscow: Nauka, page 115
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “грех”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grě́xъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “m. o (b) ‘sin’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “grěxъ grěxa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 78, 187, 199; PR 134; MP 16; RPT 98, 101)”
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