Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wíršus. Cognate with Lithuanian viršùs, Latvian virsus/virsa.

Noun

*vь̃rxъ m

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Declension

Declension of *vь̃rxъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vь̃rxъ	*vьrxỳ	*vьrxòve
genitive	*vьrxù	*vьrxòvu	*vьrxòvъ
dative	*vьrxòvi	*vь̃rxъma	*vьrxъ̀mъ
accusative	*vь̃rxъ	*vьrxỳ	*vьrxỳ
instrumental	*vьrxъ̀mь	*vь̃rxъma	*vь̃rxъmī
locative	*vь̃rxu	*vьrxòvu	*vьrxъ̀xъ
vocative	*vьrxu	*vьrxỳ	*vьrxòve

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вьрхъ (vĭrxŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: верхъ (verx)
      • Belarusian: верх (vjerx)
      • Ukrainian: ве́рх (vérx)
    • Russian: верх (verx), верёх (verjóx) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: врьхъ (vrĭxŭ)
  • Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh)
  • Macedonian: врв (vrv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вр̑х

    Latin script: vȓh

  • Slovene: vȓh (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vrch
    • Czech: vrch
      • Moravian (Mistřice): vŕch
  • Polabian: varx
  • Old Polish: wierzch
    • Polish: wierch, wierzch
  • Slovak: vrch, vŕšok
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wjerch
    • Lower Sorbian: wjeŕch

• Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: vârf