Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěsnь

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

Cognate with Lithuanian pelė̃sis and Latvian pelēt

Noun

*plěsnь f

mould

Inflection

Declension of *plěsnь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plěsnь	*plěsni	*plěsni
genitive	*plěsni	plěsnьju, plěsňu^*	plěsnьjь, plěsni^*
dative	*plěsni	*plěsnьma	*plěsnьmъ
accusative	*plěsnь	*plěsni	*plěsni
instrumental	plěsnьjǫ, plěsňǫ^*	*plěsnьma	*plěsnьmi
locative	*plěsni	plěsnьju, plěsňu^*	*plěsnьxъ
vocative	*plěsni	*plěsni	*plěsni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*pelesъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пле́сня (pljésnja)
- Russian: пле́сень (plésenʹ)
- Ukrainian: плісня́ (plisnjá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: плѣшнь (plěšnĭ)
- Bulgarian: пле́сен (plésen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: плијесан
  
  Latin script: plijesan, (čakavisch) plešnja
- Slovene: plệsən (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plésn
  - Czech: plíseň
- Old Polish: pleśń
  - Polish: pleśń
  - Silesian: pleś
- Polabian: plesĕn
- Slovak: pleseň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: plěseń
  - Upper Sorbian: plěsń, plěsnje

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plěsnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плесень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress