Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěva
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *plēwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *plēw-eh₂. Cognate with Latvian plêve, Lithuanian plėvė̃ (“membrane”), Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon, “net around the intestines”).
Noun edit
*plěva f[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *plěva (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *plěva | *plěvě | *plěvy |
| genitive | *plěvy | *plěvu | *plěvъ |
| dative | *plěvě | *plěvama | *plěvamъ |
| accusative | *plěvǫ | *plěvě | *plěvy |
| instrumental | *plěvojǫ, *plěvǫ** | *plěvama | *plěvami |
| locative | *plěvě | *plěvu | *plěvasъ, *plěvaxъ* |
| vocative | *plěvo | *plěvě | *plěvy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: plẹ́va (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Slovincian: plêwa
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плева́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plěva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 405: “f. ā ‘membrane’”