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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gręzь

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 *gręzti (“to sink”) +‎ *-ь.

Noun

*grę̑zь f[1][2]

  1. mud, dirt

Declension
Declension of *grę̑zь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *grę̑zь *grę̑zi *grę̑zi
Accusative *grę̑zь *grę̑zi *grę̑zi
Genitive *gręzí *gręzьjù, *gręžu* *gręzь̀jь
Locative *gręzí *gręzьjù, *gręžu* *grę̑zьxъ
Dative *grę̑zi *gręzьmà *grę̑zьmъ
Instrumental *gręzьjǫ́ *gręzьmà *gręzьmì
Vocative *gręzi *grę̑zi *grę̑zi
* 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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: грѣзъ (grězŭ), грѧзь (gręzĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: грѧзъ (gręzŭ)
    • Bulgarian: грез (grez)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: гре̑з
      Latin: grȇz
    • Slovene: grẹ̑z (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hřez (Jungmann's 18th-century dictionary)

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grę̑zь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “f. i (c) ‘mud, dirt’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gręzь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c smuds, slam (PR 138)”
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