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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrčь
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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
Possibly an expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *kъrčь (“spasm”) or alternatively[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, to twine”) + *-čь, akin to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).
Alternative forms
- *gъ̀rča[1] (jā-stem)
Declension
Declension of *gъrčь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gъrčь | *gъrča | *gъrči |
| Accusative | *gъrčь | *gъrča | *gъrčę̇ |
| Genitive | *gъrča | *gъrču | *gъrčь |
| Locative | *gъrči | *gъrču | *gъrčixъ |
| Dative | *gъrču | *gъrčema | *gъrčemъ |
| Instrumental | *gъrčьmь, *gъrčemь* | *gъrčema | *gъrči |
| Vocative | *gъrču | *gъrča | *gъrči |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *gъrčiti (“to convulse”)
- *gъrčavъ (“convulsive”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrčь/*gъrčа”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гърча се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 304
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “grča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rča”
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