Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь

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 *sъ(n)- (“com-”) +‎ *mětь (“sweeping”), effectively meaning “swept together, piled up”.

Noun

*sъ̏metь f

1. sweepings, rubbish

Inflection

Declension of *sъ̏metь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъ̏metь	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti
genitive	*sъmetí	*sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu*	*sъmetь̀jь
dative	*sъ̏meti	*sъmetьmà	*sъ̏metьmъ
accusative	*sъ̏metь	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti
instrumental	*sъmetьjǫ́	*sъmetьmà	*sъmetьmì
locative	*sъmetí	*sъmetьjù, *sъmeťu*	*sъ̏metьxъ
vocative	*sъmeti	*sъ̏meti	*sъ̏meti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: сме́цце (smjéccje, collective), сьме́цьце (sʹmjécʹcje) (Taraškievica), смяццё (smjaccjó) (regional), сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
  • Russian: сме́тье (smétʹje, collective) (rare)
  • Ukrainian: сміття́ (smittjá, collective)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: смет f (smet)
  • Macedonian: смет m (smet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сме̏т m, смѐће n

    Latin script: smȅt m, smèće n

  • Slovene: smẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: smeť
  • Kashubian: smiec
  • Polish: śmieć
  • Slovak: smeti (plurale tantum)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сме́тье”, 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), “смет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 165