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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrę

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 *zvěrь (“beast”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*zvě̄rę̀ n[1][2]

  1. baby animal

Declension
Declension of *zvěrę (nt-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *zvěrę *zvěrę̀ti *zvěrę̀tā
Accusative *zvěrę *zvěrę̀ti *zvěrę̀tā
Genitive *zvěrę̀te *zvěrę̀tu *zvěrę̀tъ
Locative *zvěrę̀te *zvěrę̀tu *zvěrę̀tьxъ
Dative *zvěrę̀ti *zvěrę̀tьma *zvěrę̀tьmъ
Instrumental *zvěrę̀tьmь *zvěrę̀tьma *zvěrę̀tȳ
Vocative *zvěrę *zvěrę̀ti *zvěrę̀tā

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: звѣрѧ́ (zvěrjá), звѣря́ (zvěrjá)
      • Ukrainian: звіря́ (zvirjá)
    • ⇒ Russian: зверя́та pl (zverjáta)
  • South Slavic:
    • >? Macedonian: ѕвере (dzvere)
    • >? Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: звије̑ре
      Latin: zvijȇre
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 553
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549-550: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”
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