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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skъrbь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *skъrbъ
Etymology
Deverbal from *skъrběti, *skъrbiti.
Noun
*skъrbь f
- grief, sorrow
- Synonyms: *gȍře, *pečalь
Inflection
Declension of *skъrbь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *skъrbь | *skъrbi | *skъrbi |
Accusative | *skъrbь | *skъrbi | *skъrbi |
Genitive | *skъrbi | *skъrbьju, *skъrbľu* | *skъrbьjь, *skъrbi* |
Locative | *skъrbi | *skъrbьju, *skъrbľu* | *skъrbьxъ |
Dative | *skъrbi | *skъrbьma | *skъrbьmъ |
Instrumental | *skъrbьjǫ, *skъrbľǫ* | *skъrbьma | *skъrbьmi |
Vocative | *skъrbi | *skъrbi | *skъrbi |
* 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: скърбь (skŭrbĭ)
- Russian: скорбь (skorbʹ)
- Ukrainian: скорб (skorb)
- Old East Slavic: скърбь (skŭrbĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: скръбь (skrŭbĭ)
- Bulgarian: скръб (skrǎb)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: скр̑б
- Latin: skȓb
- Slovene: skȓb (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: skarb (possibly)
- → Russian: скарб (skarb)
- → Ukrainian: скарб (skarb)
- Polish: skarb (possibly)
- Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: scârbă
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скорбе́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress