Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pryščь

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 *pryskati (to gush, squirt; to burst) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*pryščь m

  1. pimple, pustule

Declension

Declension of *pryščь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pryščь *pryšča *pryšči
genitive *pryšča *pryšču *pryščь
dative *pryšču *pryščema *pryščemъ
accusative *pryščь *pryšča *pryščę̇
instrumental *pryščьmь, *pryščemь* *pryščema *pryšči
locative *pryšči *pryšču *pryščixъ
vocative *pryšču *pryšča *pryšči

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: прꙑщь (pryščĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: прыщъ (pryšč), прищъ (prišč)
        • Belarusian: прышч (pryšč)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: пырщ (pŷršč)
        • Ukrainian: прищ (pryšč); пирщ (pyršč) (dialectal)
      • Russian: прыщ (pryšč)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: прꙑщь (pryštĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱏⰺⱋⱐ (pryštĭ)
    • Bulgarian: прищ (prišt) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: пришт (prišt)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: при̑шт
      Latin script: prȋšt
    • Slovene: príšč (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: pryskýř; prýšč (dialectal)
    • Polish: pryszcz
    • Slovak: рrýšť
    • Sorbian
      • Lower Sorbian: pšuskel
      • Upper Sorbian: pryskel

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прыщ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress