Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěvьcь

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

From *pěti +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*pěvьcь m

1. singer

Declension

Declension of *pěvьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pěvьcь	*pěvьca	*pěvьci
genitive	*pěvьca	*pěvьcu	*pěvьcь
dative	*pěvьcu	*pěvьcema	*pěvьcemъ
accusative	*pěvьcь	*pěvьca	*pěvьcę̇
instrumental	*pěvьcьmь, *pěvьcemь*	*pěvьcema	*pěvьci
locative	*pěvьci	*pěvьcu	*pěvьcixъ
vocative	*pěvьče	*pěvьca	*pěvьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: певе́ц (pevéc), (pre-reform orthography) пѣве́цъ (pěvéc)
    • → Ingrian: peutsa
    • → Polish: piewca
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: певе́ц (pevéc)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе́вац, пије́вац

    Latin script: pévac, pijévac

  • Slovene: pẹ́vəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: pěvec

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “певе́ц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress