Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skъrbь

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

• *skъrbъ

Etymology

Deverbal from *skъrběti, *skъrbiti.

Noun

*skъrbь f

1. grief, sorrow

   Synonyms: *gȍře, *pečalь

Inflection

Declension of *skъrbь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skъrbь	*skъrbi	*skъrbi
genitive	*skъrbi	*skъrbьju, *skъrbľu*	*skъrbьjь, *skъrbi*
dative	*skъrbi	*skъrbьma	*skъrbьmъ
accusative	*skъrbь	*skъrbi	*skъrbi
instrumental	*skъrbьjǫ, *skъrbľǫ*	*skъrbьma	*skъrbьmi
locative	*skъrbi	*skъrbьju, *skъrbľu*	*skъrbьxъ
vocative	*skъrbi	*skъrbi	*skъrbi

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скърбь (skŭrbĭ)
    • Russian: скорбь (skorbʹ)
    • Ukrainian: скорб (skorb)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: скръбь (skrŭbĭ)
  • Bulgarian: скръб (skrǎb)
  • Macedonian: скрб (skrb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: скр̑б

    Latin script: skȓb

  • Slovene: skȓb (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: skarb (possibly)
    • → Russian: скарб (skarb)
    • → Ukrainian: скарб (skarb)

• Non-Slavic
  • → Romanian: scârbă

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скорбе́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress