Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *ěrь (Derksen)
Etymology
See *jaro.
Noun
- alternative form of *jaro (“spring”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jarь | *jari | *jari |
| genitive | *jari | *jarьju, *jařu* | *jarьjь, *jari* |
| dative | *jari | *jarьma | *jarьmъ |
| accusative | *jarь | *jari | *jari |
| instrumental | *jarьjǫ, *jařǫ* | *jarьma | *jarьmi |
| locative | *jari | *jarьju, *jařu* | *jarьxъ |
| vocative | *jari | *jari | *jari |
* 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗрь (jarĭ)
- Russian: ярь́ (jarʹ́)
- Carpathian Rusyn: ярь (jarʹ)
- Ukrainian: ярь (jarʹ)
- Old East Slavic: ꙗрь (jarĭ)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “jarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 180
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jary I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 204
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ěrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153