Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlstь

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 Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos), Latin pilleus, Proto-West Germanic *felt, Albanian plis.

Noun

*pь̑lstъ f

1. felt

Declension

Declension of *pь̑lstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̑lstь	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti
genitive	*pьlstí	*pьlstьjù, *pьlsťu*	*pьlstь̀jь
dative	*pь̑lsti	*pьlstьmà	*pь̑lstьmъ
accusative	*pь̑lstь	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti
instrumental	*pьlstьjǫ́	*pьlstьmà	*pьlstьmì
locative	*pьlstí	*pьlstьjù, *pьlsťu*	*pь̑lstьxъ
vocative	*pьlsti	*pь̑lsti	*pь̑lsti

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пълсть (pŭlstĭ)
    • Belarusian: поўсць (poŭscʹ)
    • Russian: полсть (polstʹ)
    • Ukrainian: повсть (povstʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плъсть (plŭstĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱏⱄⱅⱐ (plŭstĭ)

  • Bulgarian: плъст (plǎst)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу̏ст

    Latin script: pȕst

  • Slovene: pȏlst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plst
    • Czech: plst
  • Polish: pilść (obsolete), pilśń
  • Slovak: plsť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pjelść
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: pâslă

Further reading

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