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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstь

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstъ
 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 *pirštis, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥s-ti-s ~ *pr̥s-téy-s, from *pers- (“to sprinkle”). Cognate with Latvian pìrkstis and Lithuanian pir̃kšnys.

Noun

*pь̑rstь f[1]

  1. dust, earth

Inflection
Declension of *pь̑rstь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pь̑rstь *pьrsti *pьrsti
genitive *pьrsti *pьrstьju, *pьrsťu* *pьrstьjь, *pьrsti*
dative *pьrsti *pьrstьma *pьrstьmъ
accusative *pь̑rstь *pьrsti *pьrsti
instrumental *pьrstьjǫ, *pьrsťǫ* *pьrstьma *pьrstьmi
locative *pьrsti *pьrstьju, *pьrsťu* *pьrstьxъ
vocative *pьrsti *pьrsti *pьrsti
* 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:
    • Russian: персть (perstʹ) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: персть (perstʹ) (archaic)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: прьсть (prĭstĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱐ (prĭstĭ)
    • Bulgarian: пръст (prǎst)
    • Slovene: pȓst (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 429
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