Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polěsьje
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *po- + *lěsъ (“forest”) + *-ьje.
Noun
*polěsьje n
Declension
| 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)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Полі́сся”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 383