Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piľukъ

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

Probably from *pilę (chick) +‎ *-ukъ, originally conveying “one that prays on chicken”.

Noun

*piľukъ m

  1. a bird of pray (hawk, harrier, kite, falcon)

Alternative forms

  • *piľakъ, *piľuxъ, *piľuga, *pilęga

Declension

Declension of *piľukъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *piľukъ *piľuka *piľuci
genitive *piľuka *piľuku *piľukъ
dative *piľuku *piľukoma *piľukomъ
accusative *piľukъ *piľuka *piľuky
instrumental *piľukъmь, *piľukomь* *piľukoma *piľuky
locative *piľucě *piľuku *piľucěxъ
vocative *piľuče *piľuka *piľuci

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: пилю́к (piljúk) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: пилю́к (pyljúk) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пи́люк (píljuk), пи́ля́к (pílják), пи́люг (píljug), пи́лек (pílek) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)
      Cyrillic script: пѝљуга, пѝљуx
      Latin script: pìljuga, pìljuh
    • Slovene: piljúh
      • Czech: pilich

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пилюк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 240
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пилюк”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пилюк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress