Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeravъ

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (to warm, to burn) + *-avъ.[1]

Adjective

*žera̋vъ[1][2]

  1. burning, scorching
Declension
Indefinite declension of *žeravъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žeravъ *žerava *žeravo
genitive *žerava *žeravy *žerava
dative *žeravu *žeravě *žeravu
accusative *žeravъ *žeravǫ *žeravo
instrumental *žeravomь *žeravojǫ *žeravomь
locative *žeravě *žeravě *žeravě
vocative *žerave *žeravo *žeravo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žerava *žeravě *žeravě
genitive *žeravu *žeravu *žeravu
dative *žeravoma *žeravama *žeravoma
accusative *žerava *žeravě *žeravě
instrumental *žeravoma *žeravama *žeravoma
locative *žeravu *žeravu *žeravu
vocative *žerava *žeravě *žeravě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žeravi *žeravy *žerava
genitive *žeravъ *žeravъ *žeravъ
dative *žeravomъ *žeravamъ *žeravomъ
accusative *žeravy *žeravy *žerava
instrumental *žeravy *žeravami *žeravy
locative *žeravěxъ *žeravaxъ *žeravěxъ
vocative *žeravi *žeravy *žerava
Definite declension of *žeravъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žeravъjь *žeravaja *žeravoje
genitive *žeravajego *žeravyję̇ *žeravajego
dative *žeravujemu *žeravěji *žeravujemu
accusative *žeravъjь *žeravǫjǫ *žeravoje
instrumental *žeravyjimь *žeravǫjǫ *žeravyjimь
locative *žeravějemь *žeravěji *žeravějemь
vocative *žeravъjь *žeravaja *žeravoje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žeravaja *žeravěji *žeravěji
genitive *žeravuju *žeravuju *žeravuju
dative *žeravyjima *žeravyjima *žeravyjima
accusative *žeravaja *žeravěji *žeravěji
instrumental *žeravyjima *žeravyjima *žeravyjima
locative *žeravuju *žeravuju *žeravuju
vocative *žeravaja *žeravěji *žeravěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *žeraviji *žeravyję̇ *žeravaja
genitive *žeravъjixъ *žeravъjixъ *žeravъjixъ
dative *žeravyjimъ *žeravyjimъ *žeravyjimъ
accusative *žeravyję̇ *žeravyję̇ *žeravaja
instrumental *žeravyjimi *žeravyjimi *žeravyjimi
locative *žeravyjixъ *žeravyjixъ *žeravyjixъ
vocative *žeraviji *žeravyję̇ *žeravaja
Derived terms
  • *žerava (live coal, hearth)
  • *žeravьnikъ (tong, tool for handling coal)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жеравъ (žeravŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: žeravý, žeřavý
    • Slovak: žeravý

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558:adj. o ‘burning, scorching’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žerjȃvica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *žera̋vъ

Etymology 2

From an earlier *ger(a)vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)was, from *gerh₂- (crane). Cognate with Latvian dzērve and Lithuanian gérvė.[1]

Noun

*žeravъ m[1][2]

  1. crane (bird)
Inflection
Declension of *žȅravъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *žȅravъ *žȅrava *žȅravi
genitive *žȅrava *žeravù *žerãvъ
dative *žȅravu *žeravomà *žeravòmъ
accusative *žȅravъ *žȅrava *žȅravy
instrumental *žȅravъmь, *žȅravomь* *žeravomà *žeravý
locative *žȅravě *žeravù *žeravě̃xъ
vocative *žerave *žȅrava *žȅravi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
  • Kortlandt, F. (1985) “Long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica[1], volume XXI, number 2, →DOI, page 120
  • Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-91

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558:m. jo ‘crane’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172:*žeravь m. jo 'crane'