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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plačь

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-Balto-Slavic *plā́ˀkjas, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-yó-s, from *pleh₂k-. Equivalent to *plakati +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*plàčь m[1]

  1. crying, weeping

Inflection
Declension of *plàčь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *plàčь *plàča *plàči
genitive *plàča *plàču *plàčь
dative *plàču *plàčema *plàčēmъ
accusative *plàčь *plàča *plàčę̇
instrumental *plàčьmь, *plàčemь* *plàčema *plàčī
locative *plàči *plàču *plàčīxъ
vocative *plàču *plàča *plàči
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: плачь (plačĭ)
      • Belarusian: плач (plač)
      • Russian: плач (plač)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пл'ач (plʺač)
      • Ukrainian: плач (plač)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: плачь (plačĭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Macedonian: плач (plač)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: plač
      Cyrillic script: плач
    • Slovene: plȃč (tonal orthography) (literary)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “plačь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”

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