Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěrьcь

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 *ěro/*ěra/*ěrь/*ěrъ + *-ьcь.

Noun

*ěrьcь m

billy goat

Declension

Declension of *ěrьcь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ěrьcь	*ěrьca	*ěrьci
Accusative	*ěrьcь	*ěrьca	*ěrьcę̇
Genitive	*ěrьca	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcь
Locative	*ěrьci	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcixъ
Dative	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcema	*ěrьcemъ
Instrumental	ěrьcьmь, ěrьcemь^*	*ěrьcema	*ěrьci
Vocative	*ěrьče	*ěrьca	*ěrьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*ěrę
*ěrętina
*ěrica
*ěrina
*ěrovъ
*ěrъka
*ěrъkъ
*ěrьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: яре́ц (jaréc) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: яре́ць (jarécʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: я́рец (járec)
- Macedonian: јарец (jarec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ја̏рац
  Latin: jȁrac
- Slovene: jarec
West Slavic:
- Polish: jarzec (dialectal)
- Slovak: jarec

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ěrьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153