< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pyrьjь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*pyrъ, *pyrь (“type of wheatgrass”) + *-ьjь (substantivation suffix)
Noun
*pyrьjь m
- Alternative form of *pyrъ: couch grass
Alternative forms
- *pyrьje n (collective)
Declension
Declension of *pyrьjь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *pyrьjь | *pyrьja | *pyrьji |
Accusative | *pyrьjь | *pyrьja | *pyrьję̇ |
Genitive | *pyrьja | *pyrьju | *pyrьjь |
Locative | *pyrьji | *pyrьju | *pyrьjixъ |
Dative | *pyrьju | *pyrьjema | *pyrьjemъ |
Instrumental | *pyrьjьmь, *pyrьjemь* | *pyrьjema | *pyrьji |
Vocative | *pyrьju | *pyrьja | *pyrьji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *pyrьjevina (“turf of wheatgrass”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: пырєи (pyrei)
- Russian: пыре́й (pyréj)
- Ukrainian: пирі́й (pyríj)
- Middle Russian: пырєи (pyrei)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пи́рей (pírej); (dialectal) пире́й (piréj), пи́рий (pírij), пи́рье n (pírje, “any uncultivated wheatgrass”)
- Macedonian: пиреј (pirej)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пѝревина
- Latin: pìrevina
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: pyrje, pyrjo n
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пыре́й”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “пир, пирей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 250