сьрдьце
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sь̑rdьce. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic срьдьце (srĭdĭce) and Old Polish sierce.
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsɪrdɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sɪrdɪˈt͡sʲɛ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɪrdʲɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɪrdʲɪˈt͡sʲɛ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɛrdʲt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɛrdʲˈt͡sʲɛ/
- Hyphenation: сь‧рдь‧це
Noun
сьрдьце (sĭrdĭce) n (related adjective сьрдьчьнъ)
- heart
- 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 2:
- рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·
- reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·
- For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you
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Declension
Declension of сьрдьце (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | сьрдьце sĭrdĭce | сьрдьци sĭrdĭci | сьрдьца sĭrdĭca |
| Genitive | сьрдьца sĭrdĭca | сьрдьцу sĭrdĭcu | сьрдьць sĭrdĭcĭ |
| Dative | сьрдьцу sĭrdĭcu | сьрдьцема sĭrdĭcema | сьрдьцемъ sĭrdĭcemŭ |
| Accusative | сьрдьце sĭrdĭce | сьрдьци sĭrdĭci | сьрдьца sĭrdĭca |
| Instrumental | сьрдьцьмь sĭrdĭcĭmĭ | сьрдьцема sĭrdĭcema | сьрдьци sĭrdĭci |
| Locative | сьрдьци sĭrdĭci | сьрдьцу sĭrdĭcu | сьрдьцихъ sĭrdĭcixŭ |
| Vocative | сьрдьце sĭrdĭce | сьрдьци sĭrdĭci | сьрдьца sĭrdĭca |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: се́рдце (sérdce)
- Belarusian: сэ́рца (sérca)
- Rusyn: се́рдце (sérdce)
- Ukrainian: се́рце (sérce)
- Russian: се́рдце (sérdce); се́реце (sérece) (dialectal)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “сьрдьце”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 881
- Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019), “сердце”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, DOI:, →ISBN, page 244
- Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text] (in Russian), Moscow; Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 303