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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrvь

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-Balto-Slavic *kirmis, *kirwis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”).

Noun

*čь̑rvь m [1][2]

  1. worm

Declension
Declension of *čь̑rvь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *čь̑rvь *čь̑rvi *čь̑rvьjē, *čь̑rvľē*
Accusative *čь̑rvь *čь̑rvi *čь̑rvi
Genitive *čьrví *čьrvьjù, *čьrvľu* *čьrvь̀jь
Locative *čьrví *čьrvьjù, *čьrvľu* *čь̑rvьxъ
Dative *čь̑rvi *čьrvьmà *čь̑rvьmъ
Instrumental *čь̑rvьmь *čьrvьmà *čьrvьmì
Vocative *čьrvi *čь̑rvi *čь̑rvьjē, *čь̑rvľē*
* 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).
  • *čьrvěti
  • *čьrvьji
  • *čьrvьcь

Descendants

Further reading
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьrvь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 04, Moscow: Nauka, page 171
  • Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 539

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čьrvь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93: “m. i ‘worm, maggot’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “čьrvь čьrvi”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 21); c (PR 138)”
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