Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pastyřь

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

Alternative forms

• *pastuřь

Etymology

From *pasti +‎ *-yřь.

Noun

*pastyřь m (related adjective *pastyřьnъ)

1. herder (herd's guardian)

   Synonyms: *čerdařь, *kъrdařь, *pastuxъ

   Hyponyms: *ovьčařь, *kozařь, *korvařь, *govędařь, *koňařь

Declension

Declension of *pastyřь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pastyřь	*pastyři	*pastyřьje, *pastyře*
genitive	*pastyři	*pastyřьju, *pastyřu*	*pastyřьjь, *pastyři*
dative	*pastyři	*pastyřьma	*pastyřьmъ
accusative	*pastyřь	*pastyři	*pastyři
instrumental	*pastyřьmь	*pastyřьma	*pastyřьmi
locative	*pastyři	*pastyřьju, *pastyřu*	*pastyřьxъ
vocative	*pastyři	*pastyři	*pastyřьje, *pastyře*

^* 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

nouns

• *pastyrьstvo
• *pastyřьka
• *pastyřьkъ

Related terms

nouns

• *pastьba
• *pastvo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пастꙑрь (pastyrĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: пастыръ (pastyr)
      • Belarusian: па́стыр (pástyr)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пастыр (pastŷr)
      • Ukrainian: па́стир (pástyr, “pastor”)
    • Russian: па́стырь (pástyrʹ), па́стирь (pástirʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: пастꙑр҄ь (pastyrʹĭ)
    • Church Slavonic: пастырь (pastyrĭ)
    • Bulgarian: пасти́р (pastír), (archaic) па́стир (pástir)
    • Macedonian: пастир (pastir) (bookish)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̀сти̑р, па̀стијер

    Latin script: pàstȋr, pàstijer

  • Slovene: pastír (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pastýř
    • Czech: pastýř
  • Old Polish: pastyrz, pasterz
    • Polish: pasterz, pastyrz
    • Silesian: pastyrz
  • Old Slovak: pastier, pastír
    • Slovak: pastier
    • Pannonian Rusyn: пастир (pastir)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pastyŕ
    • Upper Sorbian: pastyr

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: pásztor

Further reading

• Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “pastyr’ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 208
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “pasterz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 416
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пастырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пастир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 85
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “па́стир”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “па́стыр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka