Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstь

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *pirštis, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥s-ti-s ~ *pr̥s-téy-s, from *pers- (“to sprinkle”). Cognate with Latvian pìrkstis and Lithuanian pir̃kšnys.

Noun

*pь̑rstь f

1. dust, earth

Inflection

Declension of *pь̑rstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̑rstь	*pьrsti	*pьrsti
genitive	*pьrsti	*pьrstьju, *pьrsťu*	*pьrstьjь, *pьrsti*
dative	*pьrsti	*pьrstьma	*pьrstьmъ
accusative	*pь̑rstь	*pьrsti	*pьrsti
instrumental	*pьrstьjǫ, *pьrsťǫ*	*pьrstьma	*pьrstьmi
locative	*pьrsti	*pьrstьju, *pьrsťu*	*pьrstьxъ
vocative	*pьrsti	*pьrsti	*pьrsti

^* 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:
  • Russian: персть (perstʹ) (archaic)
  • Ukrainian: персть (perstʹ) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: прьсть (prĭstĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱐ (prĭstĭ)

  • Bulgarian: пръст (prǎst)
  • Slovene: pȓst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: prst
    • Czech: prsť
  • Old Polish: pierść