Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrpьňь

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 form

*sьrpьnъ

Etymology

From *sьrpъ (“sickle”) +‎ *-ьňь or *sьrpьnъ (“sickle-related”) + *-jь.^[1]

Noun

*sьrpьňь m^[1]^[2]

August, July

Declension

Declension of *sьrpьňь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьrpьňь	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňi
genitive	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňь
dative	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňema	*sьrpьňemъ
accusative	*sьrpьňь	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňę̇
instrumental	sьrpьňьmь, sьrpьňemь^*	*sьrpьňema	*sьrpьňi
locative	*sьrpьňi	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňixъ
vocative	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сьрпьнь (sĭrpĭnĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”)
    - Belarusian: се́рпень (sjérpjenʹ, “August”) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”)
  - Russian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”) (archaic)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱃⱐⱂⱐⱀⱐ (srĭpĭnĭ, “July”)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: срьпьн҄ь (srĭpĭnʹĭ, “July”)
  - Bulgarian: съ́рпен (sǎ́rpen, “July”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ср̑пањ (“July”)
  
  Latin script: sȓpanj (“July”)
- Slovene: srpȁn (“July; August”), sŕpаn (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: srpen (“August”)
  - Czech: srpen
- Polish: sierpień (“August”)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: serzpiéń (“August”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “се́рпень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 221: “*sꙺr̥pьnь”
^ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “се́рпень”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN: “*sьrpьnь”

[ESUM-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “се́рпень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 221: “*sꙺr̥pьnь”

[2] Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “се́рпень”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN: “*sьrpьnь”

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