Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelynъ

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

*pelynь

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from the root of *polěti (“to burn”), which is akin to *paliti (“to burn, to singe”). Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).

Noun

*pelynъ m

artemisia, wormwood

Inflection

Declension of *pelynъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pelynъ	*pelyna	*pelyni
genitive	*pelyna	*pelynu	*pelynъ
dative	*pelynu	*pelynoma	*pelynomъ
accusative	*pelynъ	*pelyna	*pelyny
instrumental	pelynъmь, pelynomь^*	*pelynoma	*pelyny
locative	*pelyně	*pelynu	*pelyněxъ
vocative	*pelyne	*pelyna	*pelyni

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пелꙑнъ (pelynŭ), пелꙑнь (pelynĭ)
  - Belarusian: полы́н (polýn)
  - Russian: полы́нь f (polýnʹ)
  - Ukrainian: поли́н (polýn)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пели́н (pelín)
- Macedonian: пе́лин (pélin)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пѐлин
  
  Latin script: pèlin
- Slovene: реlín (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: peluň, pelyň (obsolete)
  - ⇒ Czech: pelyněk
- Old Polish: piołon, piołun, piołyn
  - Polish: piołun