сьрдьце

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sь̑rdьce. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic срьдьце (srĭdĭce) and Old Polish sierce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪrdɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sɪrdɪˈt͡sʲɛ//ˈsʲɪrdʲɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɪrdʲɪˈt͡sʲɛ//ˈsʲɛrdʲt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɛrdʲˈt͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsɪrdɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sɪrdɪˈt͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɪrdʲɪt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɪrdʲɪˈt͡sʲɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɛrdʲt͡sʲɛ/, /sʲɛrdʲˈt͡sʲɛ/

  • Hyphenation: сь‧рдь‧це

Noun

сьрдьце (sĭrdĭcen (related adjective сьрдьчьнъ)

  1. heart
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 2:
      рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·
      reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·
      For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you

Declension

Declension of сьрдьце (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative сьрдьце
sĭrdĭce
сьрдьци
sĭrdĭci
сьрдьца
sĭrdĭca
genitive сьрдьца
sĭrdĭca
сьрдьцу
sĭrdĭcu
сьрдьць
sĭrdĭcĭ
dative сьрдьцу
sĭrdĭcu
сьрдьцема
sĭrdĭcema
сьрдьцемъ
sĭrdĭcemŭ
accusative сьрдьце
sĭrdĭce
сьрдьци
sĭrdĭci
сьрдьца
sĭrdĭca
instrumental сьрдьцьмь
sĭrdĭcĭmĭ
сьрдьцема
sĭrdĭcema
сьрдьци
sĭrdĭci
locative сьрдьци
sĭrdĭci
сьрдьцу
sĭrdĭcu
сьрдьцихъ
sĭrdĭcixŭ
vocative сьрдьце
sĭrdĭce
сьрдьци
sĭrdĭci
сьрдьца
sĭrdĭca

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: се́рдце (sérdce)
  • Russian: се́рдце (sérdce); се́реце (sérece) (dialectal)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “сьрдьце”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 881
  • Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “сердце”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary]‎[3] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 244
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎[4] (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 303