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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žirъ

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

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Possibly, related to *žiti (“to live”)

Noun

*žirъ m

  1. feed?, fodder?, grease?

Declension
Declension of *žirъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žirъ *žira *žiri
genitive *žira *žiru *žirъ
dative *žiru *žiroma *žiromъ
accusative *žirъ *žira *žiry
instrumental *žirъmь, *žiromь* *žiroma *žiry
locative *žirě *žiru *žirěxъ
vocative *žire *žira *žiri
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жиръ (žirŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: жире (žire)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰶⰻⱃⱏ (žirŭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: жиръ (žirŭ)
      • Bulgarian: жир (žir) (dialectal, obsolete)
      • Macedonian: жир (žir)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жи̑р
      Latin script: žȋr
    • Slovene: žȋr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žír
    • Old Polish: żyr
    • Slovak: žír

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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