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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck”). Akin to Latvian strēbt, surbt and Lithuanian srė̃bti, sur̃bti.
Verb
*sьrbati
- (intransitive) to slurp
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sьrbati, *sьrba, *sьrbajetь (
impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *sьrbanьje
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*sьrbati
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*sьrbatъ
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*sьrbalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*sьrbanъ
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*sьrbajemъ
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| Active
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*sьrbavъ
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*sьrbaję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*sьrbaxъ |
*sьrba |
*sьrba
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*sьrbajǫ |
*sьrbaješi |
*sьrbajetь
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| Dual
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*sьrbaxově |
*sьrbasta |
*sьrbaste
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*sьrbajevě |
*sьrbajeta |
*sьrbajete
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| Plural
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*sьrbaxomъ |
*sьrbaste |
*sьrbašę
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*sьrbajemъ |
*sьrbajete |
*sьrbajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*sьrbaaxъ |
*sьrbaaše |
*sьrbaaše
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— |
*sьrbaji |
*sьrbaji
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| Dual
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*sьrbaaxově |
*sьrbaašeta |
*sьrbaašete
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*sьrbajivě |
*sьrbajita |
—
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| Plural
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*sьrbaaxomъ |
*sьrbaašete |
*sьrbaaxǫ
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*sьrbajimъ |
*sьrbajite |
—
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Conjugation of
*sьrbati, *sьrba, *sьrbľetь (
impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *sьrbanьje
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*sьrbati
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*sьrbatъ
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*sьrbalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
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| Passive
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*sьrbanъ
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*sьrbľemъ
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| Active
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*sьrbavъ
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*sьrbľę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
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3rd
|
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*sьrbaxъ |
*sьrba |
*sьrba
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*sьrbľǫ |
*sьrbľeši |
*sьrbľetь
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| Dual
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*sьrbaxově |
*sьrbasta |
*sьrbaste
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*sьrbľevě |
*sьrbľeta |
*sьrbľete
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| Plural
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*sьrbaxomъ |
*sьrbaste |
*sьrbašę
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*sьrbľemъ |
*sьrbľete |
*sьrbľǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*sьrbaaxъ |
*sьrbaaše |
*sьrbaaše
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— |
*sьrbľi |
*sьrbľi
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| Dual
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*sьrbaaxově |
*sьrbaašeta |
*sьrbaašete
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*sьrbľivě |
*sьrbľita |
—
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| Plural
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*sьrbaaxomъ |
*sьrbaašete |
*sьrbaaxǫ
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*sьrbľimъ |
*sьrbľite |
—
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: серебати (serebati)
- Belarusian: сёрбаць (sjórbacʹ), сярба́ць (sjarbácʹ), серба́ць (sjerbácʹ)
- Russian: серба́ть (serbátʹ), сёрбать (sjórbatʹ), стерба́т (sterbát) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: сьо́рба́ти (sʹórbáty), серба́ти (serbáty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: сръбати (srŭbati)
- Bulgarian: съ́рбам (sǎ́rbam)
- Macedonian: срба (srba)
- Serbo-Croatian: srȅbati
- Slovene: sŕbati, srẹ́bati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: střěbati
- Czech: střebat
- Moravian (Mistřice): střebat
- Kashubian: sôrbac
- Polish: sarbać, serbać, siorbać (dialectal)
- Slovak: strebať
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: srěbać
- Lower Sorbian: sŕebaś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “серба́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress