плѣнъ

плѣнъ

See also: пльнъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelnъ.

Noun

плѣнъ • (plěnŭ) m

1. booty, spoils, plunder
   • “ⰲⱏ ⱂⰾⱑⱀⱏ”, in Kiev Missal (in Old Church Slavonic), 915±35?, page (leaf) 4.5, line 12:

     ⰺ҆ ⱀⰵ ⱁ҆ⱅⱏⰴ́ⰰⰸⱐ ⱀⰰⱎⰵⰳⱁ ⱅⱆⰸⰺ̆ⰿⱏ · ⰺ҆ ⱀⰵ ⱁ҆ⰱⱃⰰⱅⰹ ⱀⰰ́ⱄⱏ ⰲⱏ ⱂⰾⱑ̆ⱀⱏ ⱀⰰⱃⱁⰴⱁⰿⱏ ⱂⱁⰳⰰⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏⰹⰿⱏ ·

     i҆ ne o҆tŭd́azĭ našego tuzĭmŭ · i҆ ne o҆brati násŭ vŭ plě̆nŭ narodomŭ poganĭskymŭ ·

     And do not give away what is ours to strangers, and do not turn us into the plunder/captives of pagan peoples.

2. captivity

Declension

Declension of плѣнъ (hard o-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	плѣнъ plěnŭ	плѣна plěna	плѣни plěni
Accusative	плѣнъ plěnŭ	плѣна plěna	плѣнꙑ plěny
Genitive	плѣна plěna	плѣноу plěnu	плѣнъ plěnŭ
Locative	плѣнѣ plěně	плѣноу plěnu	плѣнѣхъ plěněxŭ
Dative	плѣноу plěnu	плѣнома plěnoma	плѣномъ plěnomŭ
Instrumental	плѣномь plěnomĭ	плѣнома plěnoma	плѣнꙑ plěny
Vocative	плѣне plěne	плѣна plěna	плѣни plěni

Derived terms

• плѣньникъ (plěnĭnikŭ)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: плен (plen)
• → Russian: плен (plen)