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

Declension of *rěpьjь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rěpьjь	*rěpьja	*rěpьji
genitive	*rěpьja	*rěpьju	*rěpьjь
dative	*rěpьju	*rěpьjema	*rěpьjemъ
accusative	*rěpьjь	*rěpьja	*rěpьję̇
instrumental	*rěpьjьmь, *rěpьjemь*	*rěpьjema	*rěpьji
locative	*rěpьji	*rěpьju	*rěpьjixъ
vocative	*rěpьju	*rěpьja	*rěpьji

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

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