Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polnina

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

From *pȏlnъ (“barren, vain”) +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*polninà f[1]

  1. barren highlands, plateau
  2. mountain (in South Slavic)
    Synonym: (more general term) *gorà

Inflection

Declension of *polninà (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *polninà *polnině *polniny
genitive *polniny *polninu *polninъ
dative *polnině *polninama *polninamъ
accusative *polninǫ *polnině *polniny
instrumental *polninojǫ, *polninǫ** *polninama *polninami
locative *polnině *polninu *polninasъ, *polninaxъ*
vocative *polnino *polnině *polniny

* -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).

  • *polnota (“flatness”)
  • *polninьcь (“mountaineer”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: полони́на (polonýna)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “планина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 303

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “planína”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*polnina̋”
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