Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *piršas, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥s-o-s, from *pers- (to sprinkle).

Noun

*pь̑rxъ m[1][2]

  1. powder, fine dust

Inflection

Declension of *pь̑rxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pь̑rxъ *pьrxa *pьrśi
genitive *pьrxa *pьrxu *pьrxъ
dative *pьrxu *pьrxoma *pьrxomъ
accusative *pь̑rxъ *pьrxa *pьrxy
instrumental *pьrxъmь, *pьrxomь* *pьrxoma *pьrxy
locative *pьrśě *pьrxu *pьrśěxъ
vocative *pьrše *pьrxa *pьrśi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: парша (parša)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пърх (pǎrh)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пр̑х
      Latin script: pȓh
    • Slovene: pȓh (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пърх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 107

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “pȓh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*pь̑rxъ