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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrbati

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

Alternative forms

  • *serbati, *sъrbati

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (to sip, gulp, suck). Akin to Latvian strēbt, surbt and Lithuanian srė̃bti, sur̃bti.

Verb

*sьrbati

  1. (intransitive) to slurp

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: серебати (serebati)
    • Belarusian: сёрбаць (sjórbacʹ), сярба́ць (sjarbácʹ), серба́ць (sjerbácʹ)
    • Russian: серба́ть (serbátʹ), сёрбать (sjórbatʹ), стерба́т (sterbát) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: сьо́рба́ти (sʹórbáty), серба́ти (serbáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: сръбати (srŭbati)
    • Bulgarian: съ́рбам (sǎ́rbam)
    • Macedonian: срба (srba)
    • Serbo-Croatian: srȅbati
    • Slovene: sŕbati, srẹ́bati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: střěbati
      • Czech: střebat
        • Moravian (Mistřice): střebat
    • Kashubian: sôrbac
    • Polish: sarbać, serbać, siorbać (dialectal)
    • Slovak: strebať
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: srěbać
      • Lower Sorbian: sŕebaś

Further reading

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