Пльскове

• Пльщове (Plĭśkove) — Old Pskovian

First attested in c. 1100‒1120. Ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *plьsky. Cognate with Old East Slavic Пльсковъ (Plĭskovŭ), Пьсковъ (Pĭskovŭ).

Пльскове • (Plĭskove) m

1. Pskov (a city in Kievan Rus, Novgorod Republic, Pskov Republic)
   • c. 1100‒1120, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 109 [Birchbark letter no. 109]‎^[1], Novgorod:

     … коупилъ еси : робоу : плъскове : а нꙑне мѧ : въ томъ : ѧла кънѧгꙑни : а нꙑне сѧ дроужина по мѧ пороучила : а нꙑнека : посъли къ томоу : моужеви : грамотоу : ели оу него роба …

     … kupilŭ jesi : robu : plŭskove : a nyne mę : vŭ tomŭ : jęla kŭnęgyni : a nyne sę družina po mę porućila : a nyneka : posŭli kŭ tomu : muževi : gramotu : jeli u nego roba …

     You bought a female slave in Pskov; and for that the princess detained me (suspecting me of theft). But the druzhina (prince's retainers) became my bondsmen. And now, you [should] send that man (the buyer) a letter: [find out] if he has the female slave (or: has he a female slave)?

   • c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 776 [Birchbark letter no. 776]‎^[2], Novgorod:

     грамота отъ їли ї отъ дъмитра пльсковѫ ко либинѫ : ко мостокѣ …

     gramota otŭ ili i otŭ dŭmitra plĭskovǫ ko libinǫ : ko mostokě …

     Letter from Il'ia and Dmitr to Pskov for the Liv Mostka.

   • c. 1160‒1180, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 656 [Birchbark letter no. 656]‎^[4], Novgorod:

     … коулотъке грамъта къ хоудъ(те) … иди реки пльсковоу

     … kulotŭke gramŭta kŭ xudŭ(te) … idi reki plĭskovu

     [From] Kulotka a letter to Xudo[ta]. Go to Pskov (and) tell (them).

   • c. 1220‒1240, Берестяная грамота № 781 [Birchbark letter no. 781]‎^[5], Novgorod:

     … ко пльсков(оу) …

     … ko plĭskov(u) …

     … to Pskov …

• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[6] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 789
• “Пльскове”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025