Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svьrčь

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 *(s)kvьrčěti (“to squeak”) +‎ *-ь, of onomatopoeic origin according to Vasmer.

Noun

*svьrčь m

cricket (orthopteran insect)
Synonym: *ščurьcь

Alternative forms

*cvьrčь

Declension

Declension of *svьrčь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svьrčь	*svьrča	*svьrči
genitive	*svьrča	*svьrču	*svьrčь
dative	*svьrču	*svьrčema	*svьrčemъ
accusative	*svьrčь	*svьrča	*svьrčę̇
instrumental	svьrčьmь, svьrčemь^*	*svьrčema	*svьrči
locative	*svьrči	*svьrču	*svьrčixъ
vocative	*svьrču	*svьrča	*svьrči

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

Derived terms

*svьrčьkъ/*cvьrčьkъ (diminutive)
*cvьrkunъ (diminutive)

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Polish: świercz, śwircz
  - Polish: świercz (obsolete), świerszcz
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: šwjerč
  - Lower Sorbian: šwjеrс

From diminutive form *(s)kvьrčьkъ:

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свьрчькъ (svĭrčĭkŭ)
  - Belarusian: свершч (svjeršč) (rare)
  - Russian: сверчо́к (sverčók)
  - Ukrainian: сверщ (sveršč) (rare)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: свръчькъ (svrŭčĭkŭ) (Serbian rendition)
- Bulgarian: цвърчо́к (cvǎrčók) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: цвр́чак
  
  Latin script: cvŕčak
- Slovene: cvȓček, svȓček
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: cvrček
  - Czech: cvrček
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): cvrček
- Polabian: svarcėk
- Slovak: svrček
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: суrčаk (“grasshopper”)

From diminutive form *cvьrkunъ:

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: цвырку́н (cvyrkún)
- Ukrainian: цвірку́н (cvirkún)