Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelynь

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

Noun

*pelynь f

  1. alternative form of *pelunъ (absinthe (Artemisia absinthium))

Inflection

Declension of *pelynь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pelynь *pelyni *pelyni
genitive *pelyni *pelynьju, *pelyňu* *pelynьjь, *pelyni*
dative *pelyni *pelynьma *pelynьmъ
accusative *pelynь *pelyni *pelyni
instrumental *pelynьjǫ, *pelyňǫ* *pelynьma *pelynьmi
locative *pelyni *pelynьju, *pelyňu* *pelynьxъ
vocative *pelyni *pelyni *pelyni

* 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пелꙑнь (pelynĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: пелынь (pelynʹ)
      • Russian: пелы́нь (pelýnʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пели́нь (pelínʹ) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пелињ
      Latin script: pelinj
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*pelynъ / *pelynь / *pelunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94