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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrčь

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

Etymology

Possibly an expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *kъrčь (“spasm”) or alternatively[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, to twine”) + *-čь, akin to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (“hump”).

Noun

*gъ̀rčь m

  1. cramp, spasm
  2. gnarl

Alternative forms
  • *gъ̀rča[1] (jā-stem)

Declension
Declension of *gъrčь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gъrčь *gъrča *gъrči
genitive *gъrča *gъrču *gъrčь
dative *gъrču *gъrčema *gъrčemъ
accusative *gъrčь *gъrča *gъrčę̇
instrumental *gъrčьmь, *gъrčemь* *gъrčema *gъrči
locative *gъrči *gъrču *gъrčixъ
vocative *gъrču *gъrča *gъrči
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *gъrčiti (“to convulse”)
  • *gъrčavъ (“convulsive”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: ги́рч'а (hýrčʺa) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hrč f, hrča (dialectal)
    • Slovak: hrča (dialectal)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrčь/*gъrčа”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гърча се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 304

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “grča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rča”
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