Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blěskъ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyǵ- + *-skъ. A direct cognate with Latvian blaiskums, blaizgums (“spot”) and related to Lithuanian blizgas (“glimmer”), akin to the 0-grade *blьskъ (< *bliskas). Outside of Balto-Slavic, related to Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale”) whence German Blitz (“lightning”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *blě̑skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *blě̑skъ | *blě̑ska | *blě̑sci |
| genitive | *blě̑ska | *blěskù | *blě̃skъ |
| dative | *blě̑sku | *blěskomà | *blěskòmъ |
| accusative | *blě̑skъ | *blě̑ska | *blě̑sky |
| instrumental | *blě̑skъmь, *blě̑skomь* | *blěskomà | *blěský |
| locative | *blě̑scě | *blěskù | *blěscě̃xъ |
| vocative | *blěšče | *blě̑ska | *blě̑sci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: bleasc
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блеск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blěskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 113
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блестя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blě̑skъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “m. o (c) ‘brightness’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “blesk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *blě̑skъ”