Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěsnь

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 Lithuanian pelė̃sis and Latvian pelēt

Noun

*plěsnь f

1. mould

Inflection

Declension of *plěsnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plěsnь	*plěsni	*plěsni
genitive	*plěsni	*plěsnьju, *plěsňu*	*plěsnьjь, *plěsni*
dative	*plěsni	*plěsnьma	*plěsnьmъ
accusative	*plěsnь	*plěsni	*plěsni
instrumental	*plěsnьjǫ, *plěsňǫ*	*plěsnьma	*plěsnьmi
locative	*plěsni	*plěsnьju, *plěsňu*	*plěsnьxъ
vocative	*plěsni	*plěsni	*plěsni

^* 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).

Related terms

• *pelesъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пле́сня (pljésnja)
  • Russian: пле́сень (plésenʹ)
  • Ukrainian: плісня́ (plisnjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: плѣшнь (plěšnĭ)

  • Bulgarian: пле́сен (plésen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: плијесан

    Latin script: plijesan, (čakavisch) plešnja

  • Slovene: plệsən (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plésn
    • Czech: plíseň
  • Old Polish: pleśń
    • Polish: pleśń
    • Silesian: pleś
  • Polabian: plesĕn
  • Slovak: pleseň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: plěseń
    • Upper Sorbian: plěsń, plěsnje

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plěsnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плесень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress