Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pyrь

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 *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).

Noun

*pyrь m

remains of fire, smoldering ash, cinder

Inflection

Declension of *pyrь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pyrь	*pyri	pyrьje, pyře^*
Accusative	*pyrь	*pyri	*pyri
Genitive	*pyri	pyrьju, pyřu^*	pyrьjь, pyri^*
Locative	*pyri	pyrьju, pyřu^*	*pyrьxъ
Dative	*pyri	*pyrьma	*pyrьmъ
Instrumental	*pyrьmь	*pyrьma	*pyrьmi
Vocative	*pyri	*pyri	pyrьje, pyře^*

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: пы́рей (pýrej)

South Slavic:
- Macedonian: пиреј (pirej)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пи́рја̑н, спи́рити, упи́рити
  
  Latin: pírjȃn, spíriti, upíriti
- Slovene: zapíriti se

West Slavic:
- Czech: pýř m, pyří n, pýřiti
- Polish: perz, perzyna
- Slovak: pýriť sa
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pyrić
  - Lower Sorbian: pyriś

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “пырей”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Trubačóv, Oleg, Žuravljóv, Anatolij, editors (2005), “*ognь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 32, Moscow: Nauka, page 30

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