Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvěrь

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 *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Noun

*zvě̑rь m

1. wild animal, beast

Declension

Declension of *zvě̑rь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvě̑rь	*zvě̑ri	*zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē*
genitive	*zvěrí	*zvěrьjù, *zvěřu*	*zvěrь̀jь
dative	*zvě̑ri	*zvěrьmà	*zvě̑rьmъ
accusative	*zvě̑rь	*zvě̑ri	*zvě̑ri
instrumental	*zvě̑rьmь	*zvěrьmà	*zvěrьmì
locative	*zvěrí	*zvěrьjù, *zvěřu*	*zvě̑rьxъ
vocative	*zvěri	*zvě̑ri	*zvě̑rьjē, *zvě̑řē*

^* 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).

Derived terms

*zvěrę (“baby animal”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: звѣрь (zvěrĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: звѣръ (zvěr), звиръ (zvir)
      • Belarusian: звер (zvjer); зьвер (zʹvjer) (Taraškievica orthography)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: звірь (zvirʹ)
      • Ukrainian: звір (zvir)
    • Russian: зверь (zverʹ), звѣрь (zvěrʹ)
      • → Ingrian: zveeri
      • → Komi-Zyrian: зверь (zver)
  • Old Novgorodian: ꙁвѣрь (zvěrĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: звѣрь (zvěrĭ)
  • Bulgarian: звяр (zvjar)
  • Macedonian: ѕвер (dzver)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зве̑р, звије̑р

    Latin: zvȇr, zvijȇr

  • Slovene: zvẹ̑r (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zvěř, zvíře
  • Kashubian: zwiérz
  • Polish: zwierz, zwierzę
  • Slovak: zver, zviera
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zwěrje
    • Upper Sorbian: zwěrjo