Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrpьňь

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

Alternative form

• *sьrpьnъ

Etymology

From *sьrpъ (“sickle”) +‎ *-ьňь or *sьrpьnъ (“sickle-related”) + *-jь.

Noun

*sьrpьňь m

1. August, July

Declension

Declension of *sьrpьňь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьrpьňь	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňi
genitive	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňь
dative	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňema	*sьrpьňemъ
accusative	*sьrpьňь	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňę̇
instrumental	*sьrpьňьmь, *sьrpьňemь*	*sьrpьňema	*sьrpьňi
locative	*sьrpьňi	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňixъ
vocative	*sьrpьňu	*sьrpьňa	*sьrpьňi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сьрпьнь (sĭrpĭnĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”)
      • Belarusian: се́рпень (sjérpjenʹ, “August”) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”)
    • Russian: се́рпень (sérpenʹ, “August”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱃⱐⱂⱐⱀⱐ (srĭpĭnĭ, “July”)

    Old Cyrillic script: срьпьн҄ь (srĭpĭnʹĭ, “July”)

    • Bulgarian: съ́рпен (sǎ́rpen, “July”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ср̑пањ (“July”)

    Latin script: sȓpanj (“July”)

  • Slovene: srpȁn (“July; August”), sŕpаn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: srpen (“August”)
    • Czech: srpen
  • Polish: sierpień (“August”)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: serzpiéń (“August”)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) *berzьňь (*berzozolъ), *květьňь, *travьňь, *čьrvьňь, *lipьňь, *sьrpьňь, *versьňь, *řujьnъ, *listopadъ, *grudьňь, *prosinьcь, *sěčьňь, ^{(Category: sla-pro:Months)}