Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫpъ

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

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Noun

*sǫpъ m

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of *sǫpъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sǫpъ	*sǫpa	*sǫpi
genitive	*sǫpa	*sǫpu	*sǫpъ
dative	*sǫpu	*sǫpoma	*sǫpomъ
accusative	*sǫpъ	*sǫpa	*sǫpy
instrumental	*sǫpъmь, *sǫpomь*	*sǫpoma	*sǫpy
locative	*sǫpě	*sǫpu	*sǫpěxъ
vocative	*sǫpe	*sǫpa	*sǫpi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *sǫpiti (“to scowl”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: сіп (sip)
    • Russian: сип (sip)
    • Ukrainian: сип (syp)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сѫпъ (sǫpŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱘⱂⱏ (sǫpŭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су̏п

    Latin script: sȕp

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sup
    • Czech: sup
  • Kashubian: sãp
  • Polabian:
  • Polish: sęp
  • Slovak: sup
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: sup
    • Upper Sorbian: sup

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сип”, 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), “супя се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 579
• сип in Горох.ua (Етимологія)