блъха

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

блоха (bloxa), бълоха (bŭloxa)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blʊˈxɑ/→/blʊˈxa/→/ˈblxa/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /blʊˈxɑ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /blʊˈxa/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈblxa/

Hyphenation: блъ‧ха́

Noun

блъха (blŭxa) f

flea

Declension

Declension of блъха (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	блъха blŭxa	блъсѣ blŭsě	блъхꙑ blŭxy
genitive	блъхꙑ blŭxy	блъху blŭxu	блъхъ blŭxŭ
dative	блъсѣ blŭsě	блъхама blŭxama	блъхамъ blŭxamŭ
accusative	блъхѫ blŭxǫ	блъсѣ blŭsě	блъхꙑ blŭxy
instrumental	блъхоѭ blŭxojǫ	блъхама blŭxama	блъхами blŭxami
locative	блъсѣ blŭsě	блъху blŭxu	блъхахъ blŭxaxŭ
vocative	блъхо blŭxo	блъсѣ blŭsě	блъхꙑ blŭxy

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: блоха́ (bloxá)
- Belarusian: блыха́ (blyxá)
- Ukrainian: блоха́ (bloxá)
Russian: блоха́ (bloxá)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “блъха”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 118

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