Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrba
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirb-. Cognate with Lithuanian vir̃bas, Latvian vir̂bs, virba, Ancient Greek ῥᾰ́βδος (rhábdos), Latin verbēna, verber, Proto-Germanic *warpą.
Noun
edit*vьrba f
Declension
editDeclension of *vьrba (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *vьrba | *vьrbě | *vьrby |
genitive | *vьrby | *vьrbu | *vьrbъ |
dative | *vьrbě | *vьrbama | *vьrbamъ |
accusative | *vьrbǫ | *vьrbě | *vьrby |
instrumental | *vьrbojǫ, *vьrbǫ** | *vьrbama | *vьrbami |
locative | *vьrbě | *vьrbu | *vьrbasъ, *vьrbaxъ* |
vocative | *vьrbo | *vьrbě | *vьrby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ве́рба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “верба́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 350
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “вярба́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka