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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь

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 *sъ- (“good”) +‎ *metь (“sweeping”).

Noun

*sъ̏metь f [1]

  1. sweepings
    → (by extension) rubbish

Inflection
Declension of *sъ̏metь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *sъ̏metь *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
Accusative *sъ̏metь *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
Genitive *sъmetí *sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu* *sъmetь̀jь
Locative *sъmetí *sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu* *sъ̏metьxъ
Dative *sъ̏meti *sъmetьmà *sъ̏metьmъ
Instrumental *sъmetьjǫ́ *sъmetьmà *sъmetьmì
Vocative *sъmeti *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
* 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: сме́тье (smétʹje, collective)
    • Ukrainian: сміття (smittja, collective)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сме́тье”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov T., editor (2010), “смет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 165

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “smẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*sъ̏metь”
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