Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlstь

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

Cognate with Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos), Latin pilleus, Proto-West Germanic *felt, Albanian plis.

Noun edit

*pь̑lstъ f^[1]

felt

Declension edit

Declension of *pь̑lstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̑lstь	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti
genitive	*pьlstí	pьlstьjù, pьlsťu^*	*pьlstь̀jь
dative	*pь̑lsti	*pьlstьmà	*pь̑lstьmъ
accusative	*pь̑lstь	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti
instrumental	*pьlstьjǫ́	*pьlstьmà	*pьlstьmì
locative	*pьlstí	pьlstьjù, pьlsťu^*	*pь̑lstьxъ
vocative	*pьlsti	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti

^* 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 edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пълсть (pŭlstĭ)
  - Belarusian: поўсць (poŭscʹ)
  - Russian: полсть (polstʹ)
  - Ukrainian: повсть (povstʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: плъсть (plŭstĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱏⱄⱅⱐ (plŭstĭ)
- Bulgarian: плъст (plǎst)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пу̏ст
  
  Latin script: pȕst
- Slovene: pȏlst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plst
  - Czech: plst
- Polish: pilść (obsolete), pilśń
- Slovak: plsť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pjelść

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑lstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 427: “f. i (c) ‘felt’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑lstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 427: “f. i (c) ‘felt’”

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