Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ploča

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 late Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to flatten”), akin to Lithuanian plõkas (“table, flat surface”), Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “flat surface”).

Noun

*plòča f (South Slavic)

1. plate, slab
2. flagstone

Alternative forms

• *ploka

Inflection

Declension of *ploča (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ploča	*ploči	*pločę̇
genitive	*pločę̇	*ploču	*pločь
dative	*ploči	*pločama	*pločamъ
accusative	*pločǫ	*ploči	*pločę̇
instrumental	*pločejǫ, *pločǫ**	*pločama	*pločami
locative	*ploči	*ploču	*pločasъ, *pločaxъ*
vocative	*ploče	*ploči	*pločę̇

^* -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

• *ploskъ (“flat, smooth”)
  • *ploščь, *ploščadь (“area, plane”)
• *ploxa (“surface”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пло́ча (plóča)
  • Macedonian: плоча (ploča)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пло̏ча

    Latin script: plȍča

  • Slovene: plọ́ča, ploka (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Slovene: pločevína

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: ploçe
  • → Aromanian: ploța
  • → Romanian: plocea

References

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плоча”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 362
• “plokas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012