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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlxъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Uncertain. Supposed to be related to Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peliā (“dormouse”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“gray, pale”).
Noun
pьlxъ m[1]
- dormouse
- → (by extension) rat
Declension
Declension of *pьlxъ (u-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *pьlxъ | *pьlxy | *pьlxove |
| Accusative | *pьlxъ | *pьlxy | *pьlxy |
| Genitive | *pьlxu | *pьlxovu | *pьlxovъ |
| Locative | *pьlxu | *pьlxovu | *pьlxъxъ |
| Dative | *pьlxovi | *pьlxъma | *pьlxъmъ |
| Instrumental | *pьlxъmь | *pьlxъma | *pьlxъmi |
| Vocative | *pьlxu | *pьlxy | *pьlxove |
Declension of *pьlxъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *pьlxъ | *pьlxa | *pьlśi |
| Accusative | *pьlxъ | *pьlxa | *pьlxy |
| Genitive | *pьlxa | *pьlxu | *pьlxъ |
| Locative | *pьlśě | *pьlxu | *pьlśěxъ |
| Dative | *pьlxu | *pьlxoma | *pьlxomъ |
| Instrumental | *pьlxъmь, *pьlxomь* | *pьlxoma | *pьlxy |
| Vocative | *pьlše | *pьlxa | *pьlśi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *polvъ (“pale yellow”)
- *pelva (“chaff”)
- *poľe (“field”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: по́ўх (póŭx)
- Russian: полчо́к (polčók)
- Ukrainian: повх (povx)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: плъхъ (plŭxŭ)
- Bulgarian: плъх (plǎh, “rat”)
- Macedonian: полв (polv)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пу̏х
- Latin: pȕh
- Slovene: pọ̄lh
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plch
- Czech: plch
- Polish: pilch
- Slovak: plch
- Lower Sorbian: pjelch
- Upper Sorbian: połch
- → Old High German: bilih
- Middle High German: bilch
- German: Bilch
- Middle High German: bilch
- Old Czech: plch
- ⇒ Hungarian: pele
- ⇒ Romanian: pârș
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “полчо́к”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “плъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 375
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “polh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pь̋lxъ”