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

something cut off, offcut
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)
- Old Novgorodian: жеребьи (žerebĭi)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: жрѣбии (žrěbii), ждрѣбии (ždrěbii)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
  - → Old Novgorodian: жрѣбьи (žrěbĭi)
  - → Russian: жре́бий (žrébij)
  - Bulgarian: жрѐбий (žrèbij)
  - Macedonian: жрепка (žrepka)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hřěbí
- Old Polish: źreb, jrzeb, rzieb, źrzeb
  - Polish: źreb

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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. (1999) “жребий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 306