Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěva

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 *plēwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *plēw-eh₂. Cognate with Latvian plêve, Lithuanian plėvė̃ (“membrane”), Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon, “net around the intestines”).

Noun

*plěva f

1. membrane

Inflection

Declension of *plěva (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plěva	*plěvě	*plěvy
genitive	*plěvy	*plěvu	*plěvъ
dative	*plěvě	*plěvama	*plěvamъ
accusative	*plěvǫ	*plěvě	*plěvy
instrumental	*plěvojǫ, *plěvǫ**	*plěvama	*plěvami
locative	*plěvě	*plěvu	*plěvasъ, *plěvaxъ*
vocative	*plěvo	*plěvě	*plěvy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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

• *pelena
• *plěna
• *poltьno

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: плева́ (pljevá)
  • Russian: плева́ (plevá)
  • Ukrainian: пліва́ (plivá)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: plẹ́va (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovincian: plêwa

Further reading

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