Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pepelъ

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-Indo-European *pepelh₁-o-. Cognate with Lithuanian pelenaĩ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”).

Noun

*pȅpelъ m

1. ash, ashes

Inflection

Declension of *pȅpelъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pȅpelъ	*pȅpela	*pȅpeli
genitive	*pȅpela	*pepelù	*pepèlъ
dative	*pȅpelu	*pepelomà	*pepelòmъ
accusative	*pȅpelъ	*pȅpela	*pȅpely
instrumental	*pȅpelъmь, *pȅpelomь*	*pepelomà	*pepelý
locative	*pȅpelě	*pepelù	*pepelě̃xъ
vocative	*pepele	*pȅpela	*pȅpeli

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

Alternative forms

• *pȍpelъ

Related terms

• *pālìti
• *polěti
• *pòlmy

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: по́пел (pópjel)
  • Russian: пе́пел (pépel)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: попіль (popilʹ)
  • Ukrainian: по́піл (pópil)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: Old Church Slavonic: пепелъ (pepelŭ), Old Church Slavonic: попелъ (popelŭ)

    Glagolitic: Old Church Slavonic: ⱂⰵⱂⰵⰾⱏ (pepelŭ), Old Church Slavonic: ⱂⱁⱂⰵⰾⱏ (popelŭ)

  • Bulgarian: пе́пел (pépel)
  • Macedonian: пепел (pepel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̏пео, по̏пел

    Roman: pȅpeo, pȍpel

  • Slovene: pepẹ̑ł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: popel
    • Czech: popel
  • Kashubian: pòpiół
  • Polabian: püpel
  • Polish: popiół
  • Slovak: popol
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: popjeł
    • Lower Sorbian: popjeł