Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelynь
Proto-Slavic
Noun
*pelynь f
- alternative form of *pelunъ (“absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)”)
Inflection
| 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)
- Old East Slavic: пелꙑнь (pelynĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пели́нь (pelínʹ) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: пелињ
- Latin script: pelinj
- West Slavic:
- Czech: pelyň
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