Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgrьcь

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 *jьgrati +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*jьgrьcь m

1. jester, fool

Declension

Declension of *jьgrьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьgrьcь	*jьgrьca	*jьgrьci
genitive	*jьgrьca	*jьgrьcu	*jьgrьcь
dative	*jьgrьcu	*jьgrьcema	*jьgrьcemъ
accusative	*jьgrьcь	*jьgrьca	*jьgrьcę̇
instrumental	*jьgrьcьmь, *jьgrьcemь*	*jьgrьcema	*jьgrьci
locative	*jьgrьci	*jьgrьcu	*jьgrьcixъ
vocative	*jьgrьče	*jьgrьca	*jьgrьci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: игрьць (igrĭcĭ)
    • Ukrainian: грець (hrecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: игрьць (igrĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰹⰳⱃⱐⱌⱐ (igrĭcĭ)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jhřec
    • Czech: herec
  • Old Polish: igrzec
  • Slovak: herec
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: gerc

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьgrьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 212