Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plaščь

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-Slavic *plastъ (“layer”) or *plaskъ(jь) (“flat”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*pla̋ščь m

1. cloak, overcoat, mantle

Declension

Declension of *plãščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plãščь	*plāščà	*plāščì
genitive	*plāščà	*plāščù	*plãščь
dative	*plāščù	*plāščèma	*plãščemъ
accusative	*plãščь	*plāščà	*plāščę̇̀
instrumental	*plāščь̀mь, *plāščèmь*	*plāščèma	*plãšči
locative	*plāščì	*plāščù	*plãščixъ
vocative	*plašču	*plāščà	*plāščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *plaščenica, *plaščanica

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: плашч (plašč)
  • Russian: плащ (plašč)
  • Ukrainian: плащ (plašč)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плащь (plaštĭ)

  • Bulgarian: плащ (plašt)
  • Macedonian: плашт (plašt)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пла̑шт

    Latin script: plȃšt

  • Slovene: plášč (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: plášť
  • Polish: płaszcz
  • Slovak: plášť
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: płаšć

    Upper Sorbian: płаšć

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: plõštė
  • → Old Prussian: ploaste

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плащ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плащ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плащ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 327