Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polěsьje

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 *po- +‎ *lěsъ (forest) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*polěsьje n

  1. marshy woodlands

Declension

Declension of *polěsьje (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)
singular
nominative *polěsьje
genitive *polěsьja
dative *polěsьju
accusative *polěsьje
instrumental *polěsьjьmь, *polěsьjemь*
locative *polěsьji
vocative *polěsьje

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: полѣсьѥ (polěsĭje); Полѣсьѥ (Polěsĭje)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      unspecified script:
      unspecified script:
      • Bulgarian:
      • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: Полесје, Пољесје
      Latin script: Polesje, Poljesje
    • Slovene: Polesje (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech:
    • Old Polish:
    • Polabian:
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian:
      • Slovincian:
    • Old Slovak:
      • Pannonian Rusyn:
      • Slovak:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian:

Further reading