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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrpъ
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Proto-Slavic
*sьrpъ
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sírpas, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Latvian sirpis, Latvian sìrps; Hittite 𒊬𒉺 (šarpa-, “farming tool”), Sanskrit सृणि (sṛṇi), Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē), Latin sarpō.
Noun
*sь̃rpъ or *sь̑rpъ m[1]
- sickle
Inflection
Declension of *sь̃rpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sь̃rpъ | *sьrpà | *sьrpì |
| Accusative | *sь̃rpъ | *sьrpà | *sьrpỳ |
| Genitive | *sьrpà | *sьrpù | *sь̃rpъ |
| Locative | *sьrpě̀ | *sьrpù | *sь̃rpěxъ |
| Dative | *sьrpù | *sьrpòma | *sьrpòmъ |
| Instrumental | *sьrpъ̀mь, *sьrpòmь* | *sьrpòma | *sь̃rpy |
| Vocative | *sьrpe | *sьrpà | *sьrpì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *sь̑rpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sь̑rpъ | *sь̑rpa | *sь̑rpi |
| Accusative | *sь̑rpъ | *sь̑rpa | *sь̑rpy |
| Genitive | *sь̑rpa | *sьrpù | *sь̃rpъ |
| Locative | *sь̑rpě | *sьrpù | *sьrpě̃xъ |
| Dative | *sь̑rpu | *sьrpomà | *sьrpòmъ |
| Instrumental | *sь̑rpъmь, *sь̑rpomь* | *sьrpomà | *sьrpý |
| Vocative | *sьrpe | *sь̑rpa | *sь̑rpi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сьрпъ (sĭrpŭ)
- Belarusian: серп (sjerp)
- Russian: серп (serp)
- Rusyn: серп (serp)
- Ukrainian: серп (serp)
- Old East Slavic: сьрпъ (sĭrpŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: срьпъ (srĭpŭ)
- Bulgarian: сърп (sǎrp)
- Macedonian: срп (srp)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ср̑п
- Latin: sȓp
- Slovene: sȓp (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: srp
- Czech: srp
- Polabian: sarp
- Polish: sierp
- Slovak: srp
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: sеrр
- Upper Sorbian: serp
- Old Czech: srp
- Non-Slavic:
- → Proto-Finnic: *cirppi (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “серп”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrpъ sьrpa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156); b (PR 134); d (OSA 42, 147) segl.”