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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ploča

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 late Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to flatten”), akin to Lithuanian plõkas (“table, flat surface”), Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat surface”).

Noun

*plòča f[1] (South Slavic)

  1. plate, slab
  2. flagstone

Alternative forms
  • *ploka

Inflection
Declension of *ploča (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ploča *ploči *pločę̇
genitive *pločę̇ *ploču *pločь
dative *ploči *pločama *pločamъ
accusative *pločǫ *ploči *pločę̇
instrumental *pločejǫ, *pločǫ** *pločama *pločami
locative *ploči *ploču *pločasъ, *pločaxъ*
vocative *ploče *ploči *pločę̇
* -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).
  • *ploskъ (“flat, smooth”)
    • *ploščь, *ploščadь (“area, plane”)
  • *ploxa (“surface”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пло́ча (plóča)
    • Macedonian: плоча (ploča)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пло̏ча
      Latin script: plȍča
    • Slovene: plọ́ča, ploka (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Slovene: pločevína
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Albanian: ploçe
    • → Aromanian: ploța
    • → Romanian: plocea

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

Further reading
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плоча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 362
  • “plokas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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