Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polvъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *palwas.

Adjective

*polvъ[1]

  1. pale yellow, yellow-white
  2. pale
  3. (dialectal) white, pale blue

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *polvъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polvъ *polva *polvo
genitive *polva *polvy *polva
dative *polvu *polvě *polvu
accusative *polvъ *polvǫ *polvo
instrumental *polvomь *polvojǫ *polvomь
locative *polvě *polvě *polvě
vocative *polve *polvo *polvo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polva *polvě *polvě
genitive *polvu *polvu *polvu
dative *polvoma *polvama *polvoma
accusative *polva *polvě *polvě
instrumental *polvoma *polvama *polvoma
locative *polvu *polvu *polvu
vocative *polva *polvě *polvě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polvi *polvy *polva
genitive *polvъ *polvъ *polvъ
dative *polvomъ *polvamъ *polvomъ
accusative *polvy *polvy *polva
instrumental *polvy *polvami *polvy
locative *polvěxъ *polvaxъ *polvěxъ
vocative *polvi *polvy *polva
Definite declension of *polvъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polvъjь *polvaja *polvoje
genitive *polvajego *polvyję̇ *polvajego
dative *polvujemu *polvěji *polvujemu
accusative *polvъjь *polvǫjǫ *polvoje
instrumental *polvyjimь *polvǫjǫ *polvyjimь
locative *polvějemь *polvěji *polvějemь
vocative *polvъjь *polvaja *polvoje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polvaja *polvěji *polvěji
genitive *polvuju *polvuju *polvuju
dative *polvyjima *polvyjima *polvyjima
accusative *polvaja *polvěji *polvěji
instrumental *polvyjima *polvyjima *polvyjima
locative *polvuju *polvuju *polvuju
vocative *polvaja *polvěji *polvěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *polviji *polvyję̇ *polvaja
genitive *polvъjixъ *polvъjixъ *polvъjixъ
dative *polvyjimъ *polvyjimъ *polvyjimъ
accusative *polvyję̇ *polvyję̇ *polvaja
instrumental *polvyjimi *polvyjimi *polvyjimi
locative *polvyjixъ *polvyjixъ *polvyjixъ
vocative *polviji *polvyję̇ *polvaja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: половъ (polovŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: плавъ (plavŭ, white)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⰰⰲⱏ (plavŭ, white)
      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): плавъ (plavŭ, white)
    • Bulgarian: плав (plav)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пла̑в (blonde, blue)
      Latin script: plȃv (blonde, blue)
    • Slovene: plàv (blue) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поло́вый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412