Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pirъ

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 *piti (to drink) +‎ *-rъ.

Noun

*pirъ m

  1. fest?
  2. party?

Declension

Declension of *pȋrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *pȋrъ *pȋra *pȋri
genitive *pȋra *pirù *pĩrъ
dative *pȋru *piromà *piròmъ
accusative *pȋrъ *pȋra *pȋry
instrumental *pȋrъmь, *pȋromь* *piromà *pirý
locative *pȋrě *pirù *pirě̃xъ
vocative *pire *pȋra *pȋri

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пиръ (pirŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: пиръ (pirŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⰺⱃⱏ (pirŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пир (pir)
    • Macedonian: пир (pir)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пи̑р
      Latin script: pȋr
    • Slovene: pȋr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: pir

Further reading

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