Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *sъ(n)- (“com-”) + *mětь (“sweeping”), effectively meaning “swept together, piled up”.
Noun
[edit]*sъ̏metь f[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- 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), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 165
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “smẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sъ̏metь”