Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetьje

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

By surface analysis, *sъmetь +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*sъmetьje n

(collective) rubbish

Inflection

Declension of *sъmetьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъmetьje	*sъmetьji	*sъmetьja
genitive	*sъmetьja	*sъmetьju	*sъmetьjь
dative	*sъmetьju	*sъmetьjema	*sъmetьjemъ
accusative	*sъmetьje	*sъmetьji	*sъmetьja
instrumental	sъmetьjьmь, sъmetьjemь^*	*sъmetьjema	*sъmetьji
locative	*sъmetьji	*sъmetьju	*sъmetьjixъ
vocative	*sъmetьje	*sъmetьji	*sъmetьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*sъmětь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: сметьє (smetʹje)
  - Belarusian: сме́цце (smjéccje, collective), сьме́цьце (sʹmjécʹcje) (Taraškievica), смяццё (smjaccjó) (regional), сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
  - Ukrainian: сміття́ (smittjá, collective)
- Russian: сме́тье (smétʹje, collective) (rare)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: смеће
  
  Latin script: smeće
- Slovene: smetjè (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: smetie
  - Czech: smetí
- Polish: śmiecie
- Slovak: smeť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: smjeće

References

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