Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paležь

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

Action noun of *paliti (to burn) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*paležь m

  1. arson

Declension

Declension of *paležь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *paležь *paleža *paleži
genitive *paleža *paležu *paležь
dative *paležu *paležema *paležemъ
accusative *paležь *paleža *paležę̇
instrumental *paležьmь, *paležemь* *paležema *paleži
locative *paleži *paležu *paležixъ
vocative *paležu *paleža *paleži

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пале́ж (paléž)
    • Macedonian: палеж (palež)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: па́леж
      Latin script: pálež

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “*paležь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 31