Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ěrь (Derksen)

Etymology

See *jaro.

Noun

*jarь f[1][2]

1. Alternative form of *jaro (“spring”)

Declension

Declension of *jarь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*jarь	*jari	*jari
Accusative	*jarь	*jari	*jari
Genitive	*jari	*jarьju, *jařu*	*jarьjь, *jari*
Locative	*jari	*jarьju, *jařu*	*jarьxъ
Dative	*jari	*jarьma	*jarьmъ
Instrumental	*jarьjǫ, *jařǫ*	*jarьma	*jarьmi
Vocative	*jari	*jari	*jari

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗрь (jarĭ)
    • Russian: ярь́ (jarʹ́)
    • Rusyn: ярь (jarʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ярь (jarʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jeř
  • Czech: jař, jeř; jar (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: jarz
    • Polish: jarz (dated)
  • Slovak: jar

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “jarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 180
2. Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “jary I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ěrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153