< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьrba
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skirˀbāˀ. Cognate with Latvian šķirba (“fissure, slot”). Morphologically from *ščьrbiti.
Noun
*ščьrba f
- gap?, dent?, crack?
Declension
Declension of *ščьrba (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ščьrba | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
Accusative | *ščьrbǫ | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
Genitive | *ščьrby | *ščьrbu | *ščьrbъ |
Locative | *ščьrbě | *ščьrbu | *ščьrbasъ, *ščьrbaxъ* |
Dative | *ščьrbě | *ščьrbama | *ščьrbamъ |
Instrumental | *ščьrbojǫ, *ščьrbǫ** | *ščьrbama | *ščьrbami |
Vocative | *ščьrbo | *ščьrbě | *ščьrby |
* -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).
Related terms
- *ščьrbiti
- *uščьrbъ (“damage, harm”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: щерба́
- Russian: щерба́ (ščerbá)
- ⇒ Russian: щерби́на (ščerbína)
- Ukrainian: щерби́на (ščerbýna)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščŕbа (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: štěrba (obsolete)
- ⇒ Czech: štěrbina
- Polish: szczerba
- Slovak: štrbinа
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: šćerba
- Lower Sorbian: šćerba
- Czech: štěrba (obsolete)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щерба́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress