Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarь

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 reconstructions

*ěrь (Derksen)

Etymology

See *jaro.

Noun

*jarь f^[1]^[2]

Alternative form of *jaro (“spring”)

Declension

Declension of *jarь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jarь	*jari	*jari
genitive	*jari	jarьju, jařu^*	jarьjь, jari^*
dative	*jari	*jarьma	*jarьmъ
accusative	*jarь	*jari	*jari
instrumental	jarьjǫ, jařǫ^*	*jarьma	*jarьmi
locative	*jari	jarьju, jařu^*	*jarьxъ
vocative	*jari	*jari	*jari

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗрь (jarĭ)
  - Russian: ярь́ (jarʹ́)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: ярь (jarʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ярь (jarʹ)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jěř
  - Czech: jař, jeř; jar (dialectal)
- Old Polish: jarz
  - Polish: jarz (dated)
- Old Slovak: jar
  - Pannonian Rusyn: яр (jar)
  - Slovak: jar

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “jarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 180
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jary I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 204