Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmьrtь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *sъ- + *mьrtь, the second element from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtís, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.
Noun
*sъmьrtь f[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sъmь̃rtь | *sъmьrtì | *sъmьrtì |
| genitive | *sъmь̃rti | *sъmь̃rtьju, *sъmьrťu* | *sъmьrtь̀jь, *sъmь̃rti* |
| dative | *sъmьrtì | *sъmь̃rtьma | *sъmьrtь̀mъ |
| accusative | *sъmь̃rtь | *sъmьrtì | *sъmьrtì |
| instrumental | *sъmь̃rtьjǫ, *sъmь̃rťǫ* | *sъmь̃rtьma | *sъmь̃rtьmī |
| locative | *sъmь̃rti | *sъmь̃rtьju, *sъmьrťu* | *sъmьrtь̀xъ |
| vocative | *sъmьrti | *sъmьrtì | *sъmьrtì |
* 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
- *bezsъmьrtьnostь
- *bezsъmьrtьnъ
- *posъmьrtьnъ
- *sъmьrtьnica
- *sъmьrtьnikъ
- *sъmьrtьnostь
- *sъmьrtьnъ
- *sъmьrtonosьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrtь/*mьrta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “смерть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “смерть”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480