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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьrba

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skirˀbāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[1]

Cognate with Latvian šķirba (“fissure, slot”). Morphologically from *ščьrbiti.

Noun

*ščьrba f

  1. gap?, dent?, crack?

Declension
Declension of *ščьrba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ščьrba *ščьrbě *ščьrby
genitive *ščьrby *ščьrbu *ščьrbъ
dative *ščьrbě *ščьrbama *ščьrbamъ
accusative *ščьrbǫ *ščьrbě *ščьrby
instrumental *ščьrbojǫ, *ščьrbǫ** *ščьrbama *ščьrbami
locative *ščьrbě *ščьrbu *ščьrbasъ, *ščьrbaxъ*
vocative *ščьrbo *ščьrbě *ščьrby
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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:
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: ščŕbа (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: štěrba (obsolete)
    • Polish: szczerba
    • Slovak: štrbinа
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: šćerba
      • Lower Sorbian: šćerba

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47

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