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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrna
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-néh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).
Declension
Declension of *sьrnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sьrnà | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
| Accusative | *sьrnǫ̀ | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
| Genitive | *sьrnỳ | *sьrnù | *sь̃rnъ |
| Locative | *sьrně̀ | *sьrnù | *sьrnàsъ, *sьrnàxъ* |
| Dative | *sьrně̀ | *sьrnàma | *sьrnàmъ |
| Instrumental | *sьrnòjǫ, *sь̃rnǫ** | *sьrnàma | *sьrnàmī |
| Vocative | *sьrno | *sь̃rně | *sьrnỳ |
* -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).
Declension of *sь̀rna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sь̀rna | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
| Accusative | *sь̀rnǫ | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
| Genitive | *sь̀rny | *sь̀rnu | *sь̀rnъ |
| Locative | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rnu | *sь̀rnasъ, *sь̀rnaxъ* |
| Dative | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rnama | *sь̀rnamъ |
| Instrumental | *sь̀rnojǫ, *sь̀rnǭ** | *sь̀rnama | *sь̀rnamī |
| Vocative | *sь̀rno | *sь̀rně | *sь̀rny |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сарна́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “се́рна”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sьrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “f. ā ‘roe’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrna sьrny”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b rådyr (PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “sŕna”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sь̋rna”
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