Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeravľь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Thematized variant of an earlier *žeravь (with mobile intonation). Serbo-Croatian forms display vowel reduction of unstressed -e-, generalized from inflectional forms with accent on the desinence.
Noun
*žeravľь m[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žerãvľь | *žerāvľà | *žerāvľì |
| genitive | *žerāvľà | *žerāvľù | *žerãvľь |
| dative | *žerāvľù | *žerāvľèma | *žerãvľemъ |
| accusative | *žerãvľь | *žerāvľà | *žerāvľę̇̀ |
| instrumental | *žerāvľь̀mь, *žerāvľèmь* | *žerāvľèma | *žerãvľi |
| locative | *žerāvľì | *žerāvľù | *žerãvľixъ |
| vocative | *žeravľu | *žerāvľà | *žerāvľì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
From suffix-accented *žerãvľь:
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: żóraw
- Polish: żuraw, zoraw, żóraw (Middle Polish)
- Old Polish: żóraw
From desinence-accented *žьravľь̏[2]:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “žerjàv”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žeravь̏, *žeravl'ь̏”
- ^ Gluhak, Alemko (1993), “ždrȃl”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 705: “od psl. *žьravjь”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жура́вль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “журавель”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Anikin, A. E. (2023), “журавль”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 102
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, *žeravь + *-jь (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
*žeravľь
- (relational) crane's (pertinent or similar to a crane)
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žeravľь | *žeravľa | *žeravľe |
| genitive | *žeravľa | *žeravľę̇ | *žeravľa |
| dative | *žeravľu | *žeravľi | *žeravľu |
| accusative | *žeravľь | *žeravľǫ | *žeravľe |
| instrumental | *žeravľemь | *žeravľejǫ | *žeravľemь |
| locative | *žeravľi | *žeravľi | *žeravľi |
| vocative | *žeravľu | *žeravľe | *žeravľe |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *žeravľa | *žeravľi | *žeravľi |
| genitive | *žeravľu | *žeravľu | *žeravľu |
| dative | *žeravľema | *žeravľama | *žeravľema |
| accusative | *žeravľa | *žeravľi | *žeravľi |
| instrumental | *žeravľema | *žeravľama | *žeravľema |
| locative | *žeravľu | *žeravľu | *žeravľu |
| vocative | *žeravľa | *žeravľi | *žeravľi |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *žeravľi | *žeravľę̇ | *žeravľa |
| genitive | *žeravľь | *žeravľь | *žeravľь |
| dative | *žeravľemъ | *žeravľamъ | *žeravľemъ |
| accusative | *žeravľę̇ | *žeravľę̇ | *žeravľa |
| instrumental | *žeravľi | *žeravľami | *žeravľi |
| locative | *žeravľixъ | *žeravľaxъ | *žeravľixъ |
| vocative | *žeravľi | *žeravľę̇ | *žeravľa |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žeravľьjь | *žeravľaja | *žeravľeje |
| genitive | *žeravľajego | *žeravľę̇ję̇ | *žeravľajego |
| dative | *žeravľujemu | *žeravľiji | *žeravľujemu |
| accusative | *žeravľьjь | *žeravľǫjǫ | *žeravľeje |
| instrumental | *žeravľijimь | *žeravľǫjǫ | *žeravľijimь |
| locative | *žeravľijemь | *žeravľiji | *žeravľijemь |
| vocative | *žeravľьjь | *žeravľaja | *žeravľeje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *žeravľaja | *žeravľiji | *žeravľiji |
| genitive | *žeravľuju | *žeravľuju | *žeravľuju |
| dative | *žeravľijima | *žeravľijima | *žeravľijima |
| accusative | *žeravľaja | *žeravľiji | *žeravľiji |
| instrumental | *žeravľijima | *žeravľijima | *žeravľijima |
| locative | *žeravľuju | *žeravľuju | *žeravľuju |
| vocative | *žeravľaja | *žeravľiji | *žeravľiji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *žeravľiji | *žeravľę̇ję̇ | *žeravľaja |
| genitive | *žeravľьjixъ | *žeravľьjixъ | *žeravľьjixъ |
| dative | *žeravľijimъ | *žeravľijimъ | *žeravľijimъ |
| accusative | *žeravľę̇ję̇ | *žeravľę̇ję̇ | *žeravľaja |
| instrumental | *žeravľijimi | *žeravľijimi | *žeravľijimi |
| locative | *žeravľijixъ | *žeravľijixъ | *žeravľijixъ |
| vocative | *žeravľiji | *žeravľę̇ję̇ | *žeravľaja |