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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščurьcь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ščurъ (“playful, perky”) + *-ьcь, probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
*ščurьcь m
- cricket
- Synonym: *svьrčь
Declension
Declension of *ščurьcь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ščurьcь | *ščurьca | *ščurьci |
| Accusative | *ščurьcь | *ščurьca | *ščurьcę̇ |
| Genitive | *ščurьca | *ščurьcu | *ščurьcь |
| Locative | *ščurьci | *ščurьcu | *ščurьcixъ |
| Dative | *ščurьcu | *ščurьcema | *ščurьcemъ |
| Instrumental | *ščurьcьmь, *ščurьcemь* | *ščurьcema | *ščurьci |
| Vocative | *ščurьče | *ščurьca | *ščurьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *ščurъ (“perky, void”)
- *ščurěti (“to footle, to play around”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: щурец (šturec)
- Macedonian: штурец (šturec)
- Serbo-Croatian: štúrak (Croatian)
- Slovene: ščúrǝk (tonal orthography)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щур”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “ščúrek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si