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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlxъ

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

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]

  1. dormouse
    → (by extension) rat

Declension
Declension of *pьlxъ (u-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pьlxъ *pьlxy *pьlxove
genitive *pьlxu *pьlxovu *pьlxovъ
dative *pьlxovi *pьlxъma *pьlxъmъ
accusative *pьlxъ *pьlxy *pьlxy
instrumental *pьlxъmь *pьlxъma *pьlxъmi
locative *pьlxu *pьlxovu *pьlxъxъ
vocative *pьlxu *pьlxy *pьlxove
Declension of *pьlxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pьlxъ *pьlxa *pьlśi
genitive *pьlxa *pьlxu *pьlxъ
dative *pьlxu *pьlxoma *pьlxomъ
accusative *pьlxъ *pьlxa *pьlxy
instrumental *pьlxъmь, *pьlxomь* *pьlxoma *pьlxy
locative *pьlśě *pьlxu *pьlśěxъ
vocative *pьlše *pьlxa *pьlśi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

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 script: пу̏х
      Latin script: pȕh
    • Slovene: pọ̄lh
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “полчо́к”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V.; Racheva, M.; Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 375

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