< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrdьce
 | 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 earlier *sьrdь + *-ьce, an extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *śḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
Noun
*sь̑rdьce n[1][2][3][4]
- heart
Inflection
Declension of *sьrdьcè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sьrdьcè | *sьrdь̀ci | *sьrdь̀ca |
| Accusative | *sьrdьcè | *sьrdь̀ci | *sьrdь̀ca |
| Genitive | *sьrdьcà | *sьrdьcu | *sьrdь̀cь |
| Locative | *sьrdьcì | *sьrdьcu | *sьrdь̀cixъ |
| Dative | *sьrdьcù | *sьrdьcema | *sьrdь̀cemъ |
| Instrumental | *sьrdьcь̀mь, *sьrdьcèmь* | *sьrdьcema | *sьrdь̀ci |
| Vocative | *sьrdьcè | *sьrdь̀ci | *sьrdь̀ca |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Declension of *sь̑rdьce (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sь̑rdьce | *sь̑rdьci | *sьrdьcà |
| Accusative | *sь̑rdьce | *sь̑rdьci | *sьrdьcà |
| Genitive | *sь̑rdьca | *sьrdьcù | *sьrdь̀cь |
| Locative | *sь̑rdьci | *sьrdьcù | *sьrdьcíxъ |
| Dative | *sь̑rdьcu | *sьrdьcemà | *sьrdьcémъ |
| Instrumental | *sь̑rdьcьmь, *sь̑rdьcemь* | *sьrdьcemà | *sьrdьcí |
| Vocative | *sь̑rdьce | *sь̑rdьci | *sьrdьcà |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- *milosьrdъ (“merciful, compassionate”)
- *osьrdъkъ
- *osьrdьcь
- *osьrdьje
- *osьrdьnъ
- *sьrditi (“to make angry”)
- *sьrditъ (“sullen, irate”)
- *sьrdъla m
- *sьrdъľo n (“brat, one who sulks”)
- *nasьrditi
- *nasьrdъka
- *nasьrdъkъ
- *nasьrdьje
- *osьrditi
- *osьrdьčati
Related terms
- *serdà (“middle”)
- *sьrdьčьnъ (“heartfelt”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сь́рдьце́ (sĭ́rdĭcé)
- Old Ruthenian: се́рдце (sérdce)
- Belarusian: сэ́рца (sérca)
- Rusyn: се́рдце (sérdce)
- Ukrainian: се́рце (sérce)
- Russian: се́рдце (sérdce); се́реце (sérece) (dialectal)
- Old Ruthenian: се́рдце (sérdce)
- Old Novgorodian: сердьце (serdĭce)
- Old East Slavic: сь́рдьце́ (sĭ́rdĭcé)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: срьдьце (srĭdĭce)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⱃⱐⰴⱐⱌⰵ (srĭdĭce)
- Bulgarian: сърце (sǎrce) (pre 1945 orthography сърдцe)
- Macedonian: срце (srce)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ср̏це
- Latin: sȑce
- Slovene: srcẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: srdce
- Czech: srdce
- Kashubian: serce, sérce
- Old Polish: sierce
- Polish: serce
- Silesian: śerce
- Slovak: srdce
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: serce
- Old Czech: srdce
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сердце”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “сердце”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “сердце”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sь̏rdьce”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “n. jo (c) ‘heart’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrdьce”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c hjerte (PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “srcẹ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sь̑rdьce”
- Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 9: “*sь̑rdьce”