Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtь

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

Unknown. Cognate with Lithuanian plutà (“rind, crust”).

Noun

*plъtь f

1. skin, complexion

Inflection

Declension of *plъtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plъtь	*plъti	*plъti
genitive	*plъti	*plъtьju, *plъťu*	*plъtьjь, *plъti*
dative	*plъti	*plъtьma	*plъtьmъ
accusative	*plъtь	*plъti	*plъti
instrumental	*plъtьjǫ, *plъťǫ*	*plъtьma	*plъtьmi
locative	*plъti	*plъtьju, *plъťu*	*plъtьxъ
vocative	*plъti	*plъti	*plъti

^* 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:
  • Belarusian: плоць (plocʹ)
  • Russian: плоть (plotʹ)
  • Ukrainian: плоть (plotʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: плъть (plŭtĭ)
  • Bulgarian: плът (plǎt)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу̏т

    Latin script: pȕt

  • Slovene: pôlt
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plt
    • Czech: pleť
  • Polish: płeć
  • Slovak: pleť

References

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