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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skǫpъ

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

Unclear:

Per Loewenthal, may be akin to Proto-Slavic *šępa (handful) (whence Bulgarian ше́па (šépa)), Old Church Slavonic охѫпити (oxǫpiti, to seize, to grasp).

Adjective

*skǫ̃pъ[1][2]

  1. expensive, valuable, overpriced (for a merchandise)
    Synonyms: *dorgъ, *cěnьnъ
    Antonyms: *skǫdьnъ, *deševъ
  2. stingy (for a person)
    Synonym: *skrędzь

Declension

Derived terms

  • *skǫpiti (to get expensive, to be stingy)
  • *skǫpěrь/*skǫpěrinъ, *skǫpařь, *skǫpuxъ (cheapskate)
  • *skǫpьcь, *skǫpьči (merchant who sells at expensive price)
  • *skǫpostь, *skǫpьje (overpricing, expensiveness)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: скупъ (skupŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: скѫпъ (skǫpŭ)
    • Bulgarian: скъп (skǎp), скъмп (skǎmp) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: скап (skap)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ску̑п
      Latin script: skȗp
    • Slovene: skôp
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: skoupý
    • Polabian: skǫpĕ (Friday)
    • Polish: skąpy
    • Slovak: skúpy
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скупо́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скъп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 817

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “skǫpъ skǫpa skǫpo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b gerrig, dyr (PR 136)
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “skop”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *skǫ̑pъ
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