Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měxyrь

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

Etymology

*měxъ (“a skin, a bag”) +‎ *-yrь (agentive suffix)

Noun

*měxyrь m

  1. anything blown up in shape, bladder, blob
    1. blister on the skin
    2. urinary bladder
    3. nest of caterpillars and the like
    4. small pouch, sachet
    Synonym: *pǫxyrь, *pǫxorь

Inflection

Declension of *měxyrь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *měxyrь *měxyri *měxyrьje, *měxyře*
genitive *měxyri *měxyrьju, *měxyřu* *měxyrьjь, *měxyri*
dative *měxyri *měxyrьma *měxyrьmъ
accusative *měxyrь *měxyri *měxyri
instrumental *měxyrьmь *měxyrьma *měxyrьmi
locative *měxyri *měxyrьju, *měxyřu* *měxyrьxъ
vocative *měxyri *měxyri *měxyrьje, *měxyře*

* 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: мѣхирь (měxirĭ), мѣхиръ (měxirŭ)
      • Russian: михи́рь (mixírʹ) (obsolete, regional)
      • Ukrainian: міху́р (mixúr), міхи́р (mixýr)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: měchýř
    • Old Polish: męchyrz
      • Polish: mecherz, mechierz, męcherz, męchierz, męchyrz, miechierz, miecherz, miechór (obsolete)
      • → Belarusian: міхіе́р (mixijér)
    • Slovak: mechúr

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “меху̀р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 774
  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 276–277
  • Ligorio, Orsat, Kapović, Ligorio (2011) “O naglasku dvosložnih o-osnova u Dubrovniku”, in Croatica et Slavica Iadertina‎[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 7/2 No. 7, pages 346–347, here they assume the accentuation *měxỹřь pattern b and *mě̂xūrь pattern c.
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “міху́р”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měxyrʼь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 159
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měxorʼь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “михирь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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