Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьpьrь

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

Borrowed from Latin piper (pepper), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from a dialectal variant of Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, long pepper).

Noun

*pьpь̀rь m

  1. pepper (genus Piper)

Declension

Declension of *pьpь̀rь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *pьpь̀rь *pьpьrì *pьpь̀rьjē, *pьpь̀řē*
genitive *pьpь̀ri *pьpь̀rьju, *pьpьřu* *pьpьrь̀jь, *pьpь̀ri*
dative *pьpьrì *pьpь̀rьma *pьpьrь̀mъ
accusative *pьpь̀rь *pьpьrì *pьpьrì
instrumental *pьpьrь̀mь *pьpь̀rьma *pьpь̀rьmī
locative *pьpь̀ri *pьpь̀rьju, *pьpьřu* *pьpьrь̀xъ
vocative *pьpьri *pьpьrì *pьpь̀rьjē, *pьpь̀řē*

* 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: пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “перец”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 21
  • Vasmer, Max (1909) Греко-славянскіе этюды. III. Греческія заимствованія въ русскомъ языкѣ (Сборникъ Отдѣленія русскаго языка и словесности Императорской Академіи наукъ; LXXXVI, № 1)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 178
  • А. Преображенский (1910–1914) “пе́рецъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка, volume 2, Moscow: Типография Г. Лисснера и Д. Совко, page 44
  • А. И. Соболевский (1891) Русские заимствованные слова, Saint Petersburg: Литогр. Д. Руднева, page 15
  • Franz Miklosich (1886) “pĭprŭ, pĭprĭ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slawischen sprachen, Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 270
  • Antonín Matzenauer (1870) “Пьпръ”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech, Brno: Nákladem Matice Moravské, page 69
  • Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “пьпръ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 758