Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerbьjь

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

See *žerbъ.

Noun

*žerbьjь m

1. something cut off, offcut
2. lot, fate

Declension

Declension of *žerbьjь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žerbьjь	*žerbьja	*žerbьji
genitive	*žerbьja	*žerbьju	*žerbьjь
dative	*žerbьju	*žerbьjema	*žerbьjemъ
accusative	*žerbьjь	*žerbьja	*žerbьję̇
instrumental	*žerbьjьmь, *žerbьjemь*	*žerbьjema	*žerbьji
locative	*žerbьji	*žerbьju	*žerbьjixъ
vocative	*žerbьju	*žerbьja	*žerbьji

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жеребии (žerebii), жеребеи (žerebei)
    • Belarusian: жэ́рабя (žérabja)
    • Russian: же́ребей (žérebej)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: жрѣбии (žrěbii), ждрѣбии (ždrěbii)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

    • → Russian: жребий (žrebij)
    • Bulgarian: жребий (žrebij)
    • Macedonian: жрепка (žrepka)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hřěbí

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 558
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жеребей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жребий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 306