< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)kvьrъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. The descendants, which did not preserve the s-mobile, have undergone second palatalization of the onset cluster *kvь- > *cvь-.
Noun
*(s)kvьrъ m
- squeak, creak
Declension
Declension of *(s)kvьrъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | *(s)kvьrъ | *(s)kvьra | *(s)kvьri |
Accusative | *(s)kvьrъ | *(s)kvьra | *(s)kvьry |
Genitive | *(s)kvьra | *(s)kvьru | *(s)kvьrъ |
Locative | *(s)kvьrě | *(s)kvьru | *(s)kvьrěxъ |
Dative | *(s)kvьru | *(s)kvьroma | *(s)kvьromъ |
Instrumental | *(s)kvьrъmь, *(s)kvьromь* | *(s)kvьroma | *(s)kvьry |
Vocative | *(s)kvьre | *(s)kvьra | *(s)kvьri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *(s)kvьrčěti (“to squeak”)
- *(s)kvьrčěnьje (“squeaking”)
- *(s)kvьrčь(kъ) (“cricket”)
- *svirati (“to play music, to whistle”) (possibly)
- *svirьcь (“music player”)
- *svirъka (“whistle”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: цвър (cvǎr)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сверчать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress