Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pirъ

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

From *piti (to drink) +‎ *-rъ.

Noun

*pirъ m

  1. fest?
  2. party?

Declension

Declension of *pirъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pirъ *pira *piri
genitive *pira *piru *pirъ
dative *piru *piroma *piromъ
accusative *pirъ *pira *piry
instrumental *pirъmь, *piromь* *piroma *piry
locative *pirě *piru *pirěxъ
vocative *pire *pira *piri

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пиръ (pirŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: пиръ (pirŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⰺⱃⱏ (pirŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пир (pir)
    • Macedonian: пир (pir)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пи̑р
      Latin script: pȋr
    • Slovene: pȋr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: pir

Further reading

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