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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polmy

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European *polh₁-men-, from *pelh₁-. Morphologically *pol- +‎ *-my. Cognate with Lithuanian pelenaĩ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”).

Noun

*pòlmy m [1]

  1. flame

Declension
Declension of *pòlmy (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *pòlmy *pòlmeni *pòlmene
Accusative *pòlmenь *pòlmeni *pòlmeni
Genitive *pòlmene *pòlmenu *pòlmenъ
Locative *pòlmene *pòlmenu *pòlmenьxъ
Dative *pòlmeni *pòlmenьma *pòlmenьmъ
Instrumental *pòlmenьmь *pòlmenьma *pòlmenьmī
Vocative *pòlmy *pòlmeni *pòlmene

Descendants

An n-stem is unambiguously attested in the majority of Slavic languages, including importantly Old Church Slavonic. The East Slavic languages reflect an extended neuter n-stem *polymę or (for Ukrainian) *polumę instead. Russian has loaned the OCS form but converted it into a neuter n-stem as well. The modern Bulgarian form, although clearly related, has a different suffix, reflecting *polmъkъ.

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pòlmy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411: “m. n (a) ‘flame’”
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