Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pastyrь

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

Etymologically from *pasti (“to graze”) +‎ *-yrь. In later times, a secondary meaning cleric has been attached in some daughter languages, under the influence of Latin pāstor.

Noun

*pastyrь m

  1. herder (herd's guardian)
    Synonyms: *čerdařь, *kъrdařь
  2. (secondary) pastor, cleric

Alternative forms

Declension

Declension of *pastyrь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pastyrь *pastyri *pastyrьje, *pastyře*
genitive *pastyri *pastyrьju, *pastyřu* *pastyrьjь, *pastyri*
dative *pastyri *pastyrьma *pastyrьmъ
accusative *pastyrь *pastyri *pastyri
instrumental *pastyrьmь *pastyrьma *pastyrьmi
locative *pastyri *pastyrьju, *pastyřu* *pastyrьxъ
vocative *pastyri *pastyri *pastyrьje, *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).

Hyponyms

  • *ovьčařь (“shepherd”)
  • *kozařь (“goatherd”)
  • *govędařь, *korvařь (“cattle herder”)
  • *koňařь (“horse herder”)

Derived terms

  • *pastyrъka, *pastirica (“female herder”)
  • *pastyrьstvo (“herdsmanship”)
  • *pastvo (“farmland, pastureland”)
  • *pastьba (“pasture, nourishement of livestock”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: па́стыр (pástyr)
    • Russian: па́стырь (pástyrʹ), па́стирь (pástirʹ)
    • Ukrainian: па́стир (pástyr, “pastor”)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: пастыр (pastŷr)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • 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
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