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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmьrtь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Pre-Slavic *su-mirtis (“natural death”), the second element from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.
Declension
Declension of *sъmьrtь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | *sъmьrtь | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrti |
Accusative | *sъmьrtь | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrti |
Genitive | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrtьju, *sъmьrťu* | *sъmьrtьjь, *sъmьrti* |
Locative | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrtьju, *sъmьrťu* | *sъmьrtьxъ |
Dative | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrtьma | *sъmьrtьmъ |
Instrumental | *sъmьrtьjǫ, *sъmьrťǫ* | *sъmьrtьma | *sъmьrtьmi |
Vocative | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrti |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrtь/*mьrta”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 150
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “смерть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “смерть”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480
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