Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porxъ

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 *paršas, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to sprinkle”). Cf. Lithuanian purkšti (“shower”), Latvian pārsla (“flake”), Sanskrit पृषत् (pṛ́ṣat), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (paršuiia), Old Norse fors, Tocharian A/Tocharian B pärs-.

Noun

*pȏrxъ m

dust

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pȏrxъ	*pȏrxa	*pȏrśi
genitive	*pȏrxa	*porxù	*põrxъ
dative	*pȏrxu	*porxomà	*porxòmъ
accusative	*pȏrxъ	*pȏrxa	*pȏrxy
instrumental	pȏrxъmь, pȏrxomь^*	*porxomà	*porxý
locative	*pȏrśě	*porxù	*porśě̃xъ
vocative	*porše	*pȏrxa	*pȏrśi

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

*pь̑rxъ

Descendants

East Slavic: порохъ (poroxŭ)
- Belarusian по́рах (pórax)
- Russian: по́рох (pórox)
- Ukrainian: по́рох (pórox)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: прахъ (praxŭ)
  - → Russian: прах (prax)
  - → Ukrainian: прах (prax)
- Bulgarian: прах (prah)
- Macedonian: прав (prav)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пра̑х
  
  Latin script: prȃh
- Slovene: prȃh (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: prach
  - Czech: prach
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): prach
    - Moravian (Mistřice): prach
- Polish: proch
- Slovak: prach
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: proch
  - Lower Sorbian: proch

Non-Slavic:

→ Megleno-Romanian: prau
→ Romanian: praf