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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь

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 *sъ(n)- (“com-”) +‎ *mětь (“sweeping”), effectively meaning “swept together, piled up”.

Noun

*sъ̏metь f[1]

  1. sweepings, rubbish

Inflection
Declension of *sъ̏metь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *sъ̏metь *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
genitive *sъmetí *sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu* *sъmetь̀jь
dative *sъ̏meti *sъmetьmà *sъ̏metьmъ
accusative *sъ̏metь *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
instrumental *sъmetьjǫ́ *sъmetьmà *sъmetьmì
locative *sъmetí *sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu* *sъ̏metьxъ
vocative *sъmeti *sъ̏meti *sъ̏meti
* 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:
    • Belarusian: сме́цце (smjéccje, collective), сьме́цьце (sʹmjécʹcje) (Taraškievica), смяццё (smjaccjó) (regional), сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
    • Russian: сме́тье (smétʹje, collective) (rare)
    • Ukrainian: сміття́ (smittjá, collective)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сме́тье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “смет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 165

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “smẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sъ̏metь”
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