Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pyrьjь

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

*pyrъ, *pyrь (“type of wheatgrass”) +‎ *-ьjь (substantivation suffix)

Noun

*pyrьjь m

1. Alternative form of *pyrъ: couch grass

Alternative forms

• *pyrьje n (collective)

Declension

Declension of *pyrьjь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pyrьjь	*pyrьja	*pyrьji
genitive	*pyrьja	*pyrьju	*pyrьjь
dative	*pyrьju	*pyrьjema	*pyrьjemъ
accusative	*pyrьjь	*pyrьja	*pyrьję̇
instrumental	*pyrьjьmь, *pyrьjemь*	*pyrьjema	*pyrьji
locative	*pyrьji	*pyrьju	*pyrьjixъ
vocative	*pyrьju	*pyrьja	*pyrьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *pyrьjevina (“turf of wheatgrass”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Middle Russian: пырєи (pyrei)
    • Russian: пыре́й (pyréj)
  • Ukrainian: пирі́й (pyríj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пи́рей (pírej); (dialectal) пире́й (piréj), пи́рий (pírij), пи́рье n (pírje, “any uncultivated wheatgrass”)
  • Macedonian: пиреј (pirej)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пѝревина

    Latin script: pìrevina

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pyrje, pyrjo n

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пыре́й”, 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), “пир, пирей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 250