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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrna
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-néh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).
Noun
*sьrnà or *sь̀rna f[1][2][3]
- roe (deer)
- chamois (goat)
Declension
Declension of *sьrnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sьrnà | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
| Accusative | *sьrnǫ̀ | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
| Genitive | *sьrnỳ | *sьrnù | *sь̃rnъ |
| Locative | *sьrně̀ | *sьrnù | *sьrnàsъ, *sьrnàxъ* |
| Dative | *sьrně̀ | *sьrnàma | *sьrnàmъ |
| Instrumental | *sьrnòjǫ, *sь̃rnǫ** | *sьrnàma | *sьrnàmī |
| Vocative | *sьrno | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Declension of *sь̀rna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sь̀rna | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
| Accusative | *sь̀rnǫ | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
| Genitive | *sь̀rny | *sь̀rnu | *sь̀rnъ |
| Locative | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rnu | *sь̀rnasъ, *sь̀rnaxъ* |
| Dative | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rnama | *sь̀rnamъ |
| Instrumental | *sь̀rnojǫ, *sь̀rnǭ** | *sь̀rnama | *sь̀rnamī |
| Vocative | *sь̀rno | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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: сьрна (sĭrna)
- Russian: се́рна (sérna, “chamois”)
- Ukrainian: се́рна (sérna, “chamois”)
- Old East Slavic: сьрна (sĭrna)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сърна́ (sǎrná)
- Macedonian: срна (srna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ср́на
- Latin: sŕna
- Slovene: sŕna (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: srna
- Czech: srna
- Kashubian: sarna
- Polish: sarna
- → Belarusian: са́рна (sárna)
- → Russian: сарна́ (sarná)
- → Ukrainian: са́рна (sárna)
- Slovak: srna
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: sarna
- Upper Sorbian: sarna
- Old Czech: srna
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сарна́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “се́рна”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sьrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “f. ā ‘roe’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrna sьrny”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b rådyr (PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “sŕna”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sь̋rna”