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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěpьjь

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 forms

  • *rěpъ

Etymology

From *rěpiti + *-ьjь.

Noun

*rěpьjь m

  1. bur, burdock

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: рэпік (repik)
    • Russian: репе́й (repéj)
    • Ukrainian: реп'ях (repʺjax)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: рѣпиѥ (rěpije)
    • Bulgarian: ре́пей (répej), реп (rep) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: рѐпу̑х
      Latin script: repuh
    • Slovene: repjè (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: řepík
    • Kashubian: rzep
    • Old Polish: rzep
      • Polish: rzep (gens=rzepa/rzepia/rzepu)
    • Slovak: repík
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: rěpik

Further reading

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