Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrьcь

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 *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Noun

*žьrьcь m

priest

Declension

Declension of *žьrьcь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žьrьcь	*žьrьca	*žьrьci
Accusative	*žьrьcь	*žьrьca	*žьrьcę̇
Genitive	*žьrьca	*žьrьcu	*žьrьcь
Locative	*žьrьci	*žьrьcu	*žьrьcixъ
Dative	*žьrьcu	*žьrьcema	*žьrьcemъ
Instrumental	žьrьcьmь, žьrьcemь^*	*žьrьcema	*žьrьci
Vocative	*žьrьče	*žьrьca	*žьrьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*gornъ
*žьrtva (“sacrifice”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: жре́ц (žréc)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: жре̑ц
    
    Latin: žrȇc
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: жрьць (žrĭcĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: жрец (žrec)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: żyrzec, żerzec
  - Polish: żerca

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жрец”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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