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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlžь

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *plъžь (per BER)

Etymology

From *pьlztì (“to craw”) +‎ *-jь, encountered mainly in South Slavic.

Noun

*pь̀lžь m[1]

  1. snail, slug
    Synonym: (in West and East Slavic) *slimakъ

Declension
Declension of *pьlžь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pьlžь *pь̀lža *pь̀lži
genitive *pь̀lža *pь̀lžu *pь̀lžь
dative *pь̀lžu *pь̀lžema *pь̀lžēmъ
accusative *pьlžь *pь̀lža *pь̀lžę̇
instrumental *pь̀lžьmь, *pь̀lžemь* *pь̀lžema *pь̀lžī
locative *pь̀lži *pь̀lžu *pь̀lžīxъ
vocative *pь̀lžu *pь̀lža *pь̀lži
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *pьlžьkъ, *plъžьkъ, *pьlžьcъ (diminutive)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: плъж (plǎž, “slug”) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: полжав (polžav)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пу̑ж
      Latin script: pȗž
    • Slovene: pọ̄lž
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 368

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “pọ̄lž”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pь̋lzti”
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