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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelva
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pelH-u-. Cognate with Lithuanian pẽlūs, Old Prussian pelwo, Sanskrit पलाव (palā́va, “chaff, husks”).
Inflection
Declension of *pèlva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pèlva | *pèlvě | *pèlvy |
| genitive | *pèlvy | *pèlvu | *pèlvъ |
| dative | *pèlvě | *pèlvama | *pèlvamъ |
| accusative | *pèlvǫ | *pèlvě | *pèlvy |
| instrumental | *pèlvojǫ, *pèlvǭ** | *pèlvama | *pèlvamī |
| locative | *pèlvě | *pèlvu | *pèlvasъ, *pèlvaxъ* |
| vocative | *pèlvo | *pèlvě | *pèlvy |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pèlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 395: “f. ā (a) ‘chaff ’”
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