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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьbьtъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.
Noun
*ščьbьtъ m
- chirp
Declension
Declension of *ščьbьtъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ščьbьtъ | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьti |
Accusative | *ščьbьtъ | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьty |
Genitive | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьtu | *ščьbьtъ |
Locative | *ščьbьtě | *ščьbьtu | *ščьbьtěxъ |
Dative | *ščьbьtu | *ščьbьtoma | *ščьbьtomъ |
Instrumental | *ščьbьtъmь, *ščьbьtomь* | *ščьbьtoma | *ščьbьty |
Vocative | *ščьbьte | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
verb
- *ščьbьtati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: ще́бет (ščébet)
- Ukrainian: ще́бiт (ščébit), ще́бет (ščébet)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščǝbèt (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: štěbet
- Polish: szczebiot
- Slovak: štebot
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щебета́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress