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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrь
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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 *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.
Declension
Declension of *zvě̑rь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zvě̑rь | *zvě̑ri | *zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē* |
| genitive | *zvěrí | *zvěrьjù, *zvěřu* | *zvěrь̀jь |
| dative | *zvě̑ri | *zvěrьmà | *zvě̑rьmъ |
| accusative | *zvě̑rь | *zvě̑ri | *zvě̑ri |
| instrumental | *zvě̑rьmь | *zvěrьmà | *zvěrьmì |
| locative | *zvěrí | *zvěrьjù, *zvěřu* | *zvě̑rьxъ |
| vocative | *zvěri | *zvě̑ri | *zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē* |
* 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).
Derived terms
*zvěrę (“baby animal”)
Descendants
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zvě̑rь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 549: “m. i (c) ‘wild animal’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001) “zvěrь zvěri”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25, 28ff., 33, 71, 156, 243; PR 138; RPT 98)”
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