Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěrьcь

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 *ěro/*ěra/*ěrь/*ěrъ + *-ьcь.

Noun

*ěrьcь m

1. billy goat

Declension

Declension of *ěrьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ěrьcь	*ěrьca	*ěrьci
genitive	*ěrьca	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcь
dative	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcema	*ěrьcemъ
accusative	*ěrьcь	*ěrьca	*ěrьcę̇
instrumental	*ěrьcьmь, *ěrьcemь*	*ěrьcema	*ěrьci
locative	*ěrьci	*ěrьcu	*ěrьcixъ
vocative	*ěrьče	*ěrьca	*ěrьci

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

Related terms

• *ěrę
• *ěrętina
• *ěrica
• *ěrina
• *ěrovъ
• *ěrъka
• *ěrъkъ
• *ěrьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: яре́ц (jaréc) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: яре́ць (jarécʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́рец (járec)
  • Macedonian: јарец (jarec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја̏рац

    Latin script: jȁrac

  • Slovene: jarec
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: jarzec (dialectal)
  • Slovak: jarec

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ěrьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 153