пьрвъ

Old East Slavic

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    Cardinal: единъ (jedinŭ)
    Ordinal: пьрвъ (pĭrvŭ)
    Adverbial: единошьдꙑ (jedinošĭdy)
    Multiplier: единакъ (jedinakŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrvъ (first), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂wós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (before, formerly; through, throughout).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪrʋʊ//ˈpʲɪrʋʊ//ˈpʲɛrʋ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpɪrʋʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪrʋʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛrʋ/

  • Hyphenation: пь‧рвъ

Adjective

пьрвъ (pĭrvŭ)

  1. first
    • 1076, Izbornik of 1076:
      Помѧни пьрвыꙗ прослувъшаꙗ въ храбърьствѣ · въ богатьствѣ же и славѣ
      Pomęni pĭrvyja prosluvŭšaja vŭ xrabŭrĭstvě · vŭ bogatĭstvě že i slavě
      Сommemorate the first, who became known for bravery, wealth and glory.

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: пе́рвый (pérvyj)
    • Belarusian: пе́рвы (pjérvy)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: пе́рвый (pérvŷj)
    • Ukrainian: пе́рвий (pérvyj)
  • Russian: пе́рвый (pérvyj), (archaic) перво́й (pervój) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “пьрвꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1766
  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 422:пе́рвыиpérvyi