Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelena

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

Alternative forms

  • *pelna

Etymology

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Noun

*pelenà f

  1. diaper (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.)

Inflection

Declension of *pelena (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pelena *peleně *peleny
genitive *peleny *pelenu *pelenъ
dative *peleně *pelenama *pelenamъ
accusative *pelenǫ *peleně *peleny
instrumental *pelenojǫ, *pelenǫ** *pelenama *pelenami
locative *peleně *pelenu *pelenasъ, *pelenaxъ*
vocative *peleno *peleně *peleny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pelenà; *pelna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пелена́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*pelena/*pelna/*pelnь/*pelny”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 66
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