Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pastyrь

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

Etymologically from *pasti (“to graze”) +‎ *-yrь. In later times, a secondary meaning cleric has been attached in some daughter languages, under the influence of Latin pāstor.

Noun

*pastyrь m

1. herder (herd's guardian)

   Synonyms: *čerdařь, *kъrdařь

2. (secondary) pastor, cleric

Alternative forms

• *pastuxъ

Declension

Declension of *pastyrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pastyrь	*pastyri	*pastyrьje, *pastyře*
genitive	*pastyri	*pastyrьju, *pastyřu*	*pastyrьjь, *pastyri*
dative	*pastyri	*pastyrьma	*pastyrьmъ
accusative	*pastyrь	*pastyri	*pastyri
instrumental	*pastyrьmь	*pastyrьma	*pastyrьmi
locative	*pastyri	*pastyrьju, *pastyřu*	*pastyrьxъ
vocative	*pastyri	*pastyri	*pastyrьje, *pastyře*

^* 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).

Hyponyms

• *ovьčařь (“shepherd”)
• *kozařь (“goatherd”)
• *govędařь, *korvařь (“cattle herder”)
• *koňařь (“horse herder”)

Derived terms

• *pastyrъka, *pastirica (“female herder”)
• *pastyrьstvo (“herdsmanship”)

Related terms

• *pastvo (“farmland, pastureland”)
• *pastьba (“pasture, nourishement of livestock”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: па́стыр (pástyr)
  • Russian: па́стырь (pástyrʹ), па́стирь (pástirʹ)
  • Ukrainian: па́стир (pástyr, “pastor”)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пастыр (pastŷr)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: пастꙑрь (pastyrĭ)
  • Bulgarian: пасти́р (pastír), arch. па́стир (pástir, “pastor”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̀сти̑р, па̀стијер

    Latin script: pàstȋr, pàstijer

  • Slovene: pastír (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pastýř
    • Czech: pastýř
  • Kashubian: pasturz
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пастир (pastir)
  • Polish: pastyrz, pasterz
  • Silesian: pastyrz
  • Slovak: pastier
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pastyŕ
    • Upper Sorbian: pastyŕ
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: pásztor

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пастырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пастир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 85