Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pastyřь

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

Alternative forms

*pastuřь

Etymology

From *pasti +‎ *-yřь.

Noun

*pastyřь m (related adjective *pastyřьnъ)^[1]

herder (herd's guardian)
Synonyms: *čerdařь, *kъrdařь, *pastuxъ

Hyponyms: *ovьčařь, *kozařь, *korvařь, *govędařь, *koňařь

Declension

Declension of *pastyřь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pastyřь	*pastyři	pastyřьje, pastyře^*
genitive	*pastyři	pastyřьju, pastyřu^*	pastyřьjь, pastyři^*
dative	*pastyři	*pastyřьma	*pastyřьmъ
accusative	*pastyřь	*pastyři	*pastyři
instrumental	*pastyřьmь	*pastyřьma	*pastyřьmi
locative	*pastyři	pastyřьju, pastyřu^*	*pastyřьxъ
vocative	*pastyři	*pastyři	pastyřьje, pastyře^*

^* 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).

Derived terms

nouns

*pastyrьstvo
*pastyřьka
*pastyřьkъ

Related terms

nouns

*pastьba
*pastvo

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пастꙑрь (pastyrĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: пастыръ (pastyr)
    - Belarusian: па́стыр (pástyr)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: пастыр (pastŷr)
    - Ukrainian: па́стир (pástyr, “pastor”)
  - Russian: па́стырь (pástyrʹ), па́стирь (pástirʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пастꙑр҄ь (pastyrʹĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: пастырь (pastyrĭ)
  - Bulgarian: пасти́р (pastír), (archaic) па́стир (pástir)
  - Macedonian: пастир (pastir) (bookish)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: па̀сти̑р, па̀стијер
  
  Latin script: pàstȋr, pàstijer
- Slovene: pastír (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pastýř
  - Czech: pastýř
- Old Polish: pastyrz, pasterz
  - Polish: pasterz, pastyrz
  - Silesian: pastyrz
- Old Slovak: pastier, pastír
  - Slovak: pastier
  - Pannonian Rusyn: пастир (pastir)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pastyŕ
  - Upper Sorbian: pastyr

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: pásztor

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “Suf. -yrъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 28

Further reading

Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “pastyr’ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 208
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “pasterz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 416
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пастырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пастир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 85
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “па́стир”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “па́стыр”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka