Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perpelъ

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

Has been compared to Lithuanian рíераlа, pùtpelė (“quail”), Latvian paipala (“quail”), Old Prussian penpalo (“quail”), Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”), Old English fīfealde (“butterfly”) and Old High German fîfaltra (“butterfly”).

Noun

*perpelъ m

quail (bird)

Declension

Declension of *perpelъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*perpelъ	*perpela	*perpeli
Accusative	*perpelъ	*perpela	*perpely
Genitive	*perpela	*perpelu	*perpelъ
Locative	*perpelě	*perpelu	*perpelěxъ
Dative	*perpelu	*perpeloma	*perpelomъ
Instrumental	perpelъmь, perpelomь^*	*perpeloma	*perpely
Vocative	*perpele	*perpela	*perpeli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: перапёлка (pjerapjólka)
- Russian: пе́репел (pérepel), (dialectal) пе́лепел (pélepel)
- Ukrainian: пе́репел (pérepel)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: пре́пелица (prépelica) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Macedonian: препелица (prepelica)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пре̏пелица
  Latin: prȅpelica
- ⇒ Slovene: prepelíca (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: křepelka
- ⇒ Old Polish: przepierzyca, przepiórka
  - Polish: przepiórka
- ⇒ Slovak: prepelica
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: paśpula
  Upper Sorbian: pocpula