Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlžь

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *plъžь (per BER)

Etymology

From *pьlztì (“to craw”) +‎ *-jь, encountered mainly in South Slavic.

Noun

*pь̀lžь m

1. snail, slug

   Synonym: (in West and East Slavic) *slimakъ

Declension

Declension of *pьlžь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьlžь	*pь̀lža	*pь̀lži
genitive	*pь̀lža	*pь̀lžu	*pь̀lžь
dative	*pь̀lžu	*pь̀lžema	*pь̀lžēmъ
accusative	*pьlžь	*pь̀lža	*pь̀lžę̇
instrumental	*pь̀lžьmь, *pь̀lžemь*	*pь̀lžema	*pь̀lžī
locative	*pь̀lži	*pь̀lžu	*pь̀lžīxъ
vocative	*pь̀lžu	*pь̀lža	*pь̀lži

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

Derived terms

• *pьlžьkъ, *plъžьkъ, *pьlžьcъ (diminutive)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: плъж (plǎž, “slug”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: плу́жек (plúžek) (standard)
  • Macedonian: полжав (polžav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу̑ж

    Latin script: pȗž

  • Slovene: pọ̄lž
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plž
    • Czech: plž

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 368