Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uščьrbъ

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

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Compare *ščьrba.

Noun

*uščьrbъ m

  1. damage, harm

Declension

Declension of *uščьrbъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *uščьrbъ *uščьrba *uščьrbi
genitive *uščьrba *uščьrbu *uščьrbъ
dative *uščьrbu *uščьrboma *uščьrbomъ
accusative *uščьrbъ *uščьrba *uščьrby
instrumental *uščьrbъmь, *uščьrbomь* *uščьrboma *uščьrby
locative *uščьrbě *uščьrbu *uščьrběxъ
vocative *uščьrbe *uščьrba *uščьrbi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ущьрбъ (uščĭrbŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ущъ̀рб (uštǎ̀rb)
    • Serbo-Croatian: уштрб
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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