Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь

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

Etymology

From *sъ- (“good”) +‎ *metь (“sweeping”).

Noun

*sъ̏metь f[1]

1. sweepings

   → (by extension) rubbish

Inflection

Declension of *sъ̏metь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sъ̏metь	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti
Accusative	*sъ̏metь	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti
Genitive	*sъmetí	*sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu*	*sъmetь̀jь
Locative	*sъmetí	*sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu*	*sъ̏metьxъ
Dative	*sъ̏meti	*sъmetьmà	*sъ̏metьmъ
Instrumental	*sъmetьjǫ́	*sъmetьmà	*sъmetьmì
Vocative	*sъmeti	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti

^* 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:
  • Belarusian: сме́цце (smjéccje, collective), сьме́цьце (sʹmjécʹcje) (Taraškievica), смяццё (smjaccjó) (regional), сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
  • Russian: сме́тье (smétʹje, collective) (rare)
  • Ukrainian: сміття́ (smittjá, collective)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: смет f (smet)
  • Macedonian: смет m (smet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: сме̏т m, смѐће n

    Latin: smȅt m, smèće n

  • Slovene: smẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: smeť
  • Polish: śmieć
  • Slovak: smeti (plurale tantum)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сме́тье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Todorov T., editor (2010), “смет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 165

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “smẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sъ̏metь”