Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěšь

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

    Cognate with Lithuanian pli̇̀kas (“bald”), pléikė (“bald patch”), Latvian pliks (“bare, bald”), possibly dialectal Norwegian flein (“bald patch”), mechanically from a Proto-Indo-European *ployḱh₂-o-,[1] perhaps ultimately from a ḱ-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to pluck, to trim, to splice”). By surface analysis, *plěxa (“cleansed spot”) +‎ *-ь.

    Noun

    *plě̑šь f[1][2]

    1. bald patch
      Synonym: *lyso
    2. baldness

    Declension

    Declension of *plě̑šь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *plě̑šь *plě̑ši *plě̑ši
    genitive *plěší *plěšьjù, *plěšu* *plěšь̀jь
    dative *plě̑ši *plěšьmà *plě̑šьmъ
    accusative *plě̑šь *plě̑ši *plě̑ši
    instrumental *plěšьjǫ́ *plěšьmà *plěšьmì
    locative *plěší *plěšьjù, *plěšu* *plě̑šьxъ
    vocative *plěši *plě̑ši *plě̑ši

    * 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).

    Alternative forms

    • *plěša f

    Derived terms

    • *plěšьcь (“bald person”)
    • *plěšina (“baldness”)
    • *plěšivъ, *plěšastъ (“bald”)
    • *plěxъ (“rare, faint, obscure”), *plěxavъ (“pale, faint”)
      • *plěšiti (“to peel, to trim, to clear off”)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic:
        • Belarusian: плеш (plješ)
        • Russian: плешь (plešʹ)
        • Ukrainian: плíш (plíš)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: плѣша (plěša)
        • Bulgarian: плеш (pleš) (dialectal)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Serbo-Croatian: пље̏ша (obsolete)
        Serbo-Croatian: pljȅša (obsolete)
      • Slovene: plẹ̑š, plẹ́ša (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: pleš
      • Old Polish: plesz
      • Slovak: pleš (rare)
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: plěch
        • Upper Sorbian: plesa
    • → Romanian: pleș (“bald”)

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “плешь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плешив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 349
    • “pleikė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*plě̑šь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405: “f. i (c) ‘bald patch’”
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “plẹ́ša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *plě̋ša in *plě̋šь”
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