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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pyrьjь

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

*pyrъ, *pyrь (“type of wheatgrass”) +‎ *-ьjь (substantivation suffix)

Noun

*pyrьjь m

  1. Alternative form of *pyrъ: couch grass

Alternative forms
  • *pyrьje n (collective)

Declension
Declension of *pyrьjь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pyrьjь *pyrьja *pyrьji
genitive *pyrьja *pyrьju *pyrьjь
dative *pyrьju *pyrьjema *pyrьjemъ
accusative *pyrьjь *pyrьja *pyrьję̇
instrumental *pyrьjьmь, *pyrьjemь* *pyrьjema *pyrьji
locative *pyrьji *pyrьju *pyrьjixъ
vocative *pyrьju *pyrьja *pyrьji
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *pyrьjevina (“turf of wheatgrass”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: пырєи (pyrei)
    • Ukrainian: пирі́й (pyríj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пи́рей (pírej); (dialectal) пире́й (piréj), пи́рий (pírij), пи́рье n (pírje, “any uncultivated wheatgrass”)
    • Macedonian: пиреј (pirej)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пѝревина
      Latin script: pìrevina
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: pyrje, pyrjo n

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пыре́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пир, пирей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 250
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