Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uščьrbъ

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

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Compare *ščьrba.

Noun

*uščьrbъ m

1. damage, harm

Declension

Declension of *uščьrbъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uščьrbъ	*uščьrba	*uščьrbi
genitive	*uščьrba	*uščьrbu	*uščьrbъ
dative	*uščьrbu	*uščьrboma	*uščьrbomъ
accusative	*uščьrbъ	*uščьrba	*uščьrby
instrumental	*uščьrbъmь, *uščьrbomь*	*uščьrboma	*uščьrby
locative	*uščьrbě	*uščьrbu	*uščьrběxъ
vocative	*uščьrbe	*uščьrba	*uščьrbi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ущьрбъ (uščĭrbŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: уще́рбъ (uščérb)
      • Ukrainian: уще́рб (uščérb)
    • Russian: уще́рб (uščérb)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ущъ̀рб (uštǎ̀rb)
  • Serbo-Croatian: уштрб
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: uszczerbek

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уще́рб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress