Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *piršas, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥s-o-s, from *pers- (“to sprinkle”).

Noun

*pь̑rxъ m^[1]^[2]

powder, fine dust

Inflection

Declension of *pь̑rxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̑rxъ	*pьrxa	*pьrśi
genitive	*pьrxa	*pьrxu	*pьrxъ
dative	*pьrxu	*pьrxoma	*pьrxomъ
accusative	*pь̑rxъ	*pьrxa	*pьrxy
instrumental	pьrxъmь, pьrxomь^*	*pьrxoma	*pьrxy
locative	*pьrśě	*pьrxu	*pьrśěxъ
vocative	*pьrše	*pьrxa	*pьrśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: парша (parša)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пърх (pǎrh)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пр̑х
  
  Latin script: pȓh
- Slovene: pȓh (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: parch

Related terms

*pȏrxъ

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “pȓh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pь̑rxъ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “pȓh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pь̑rxъ”

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