Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščurьcь

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 *ščurъ (“playful, perky”) +‎ *-ьcь, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*ščurьcь m

1. cricket

   Synonym: *svьrčь

Declension

Declension of *ščurьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščurьcь	*ščurьca	*ščurьci
genitive	*ščurьca	*ščurьcu	*ščurьcь
dative	*ščurьcu	*ščurьcema	*ščurьcemъ
accusative	*ščurьcь	*ščurьca	*ščurьcę̇
instrumental	*ščurьcьmь, *ščurьcemь*	*ščurьcema	*ščurьci
locative	*ščurьci	*ščurьcu	*ščurьcixъ
vocative	*ščurьče	*ščurьca	*ščurьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *ščurъ (“perky, void”)
• *ščurěti (“to footle, to play around”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: щурец (šturec)
  • Macedonian: штурец (šturec)
  • Serbo-Croatian: štúrak (Croatian)
  • Slovene: ščúrǝk (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “ščúrek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si