Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľugavъ

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.

Consensus leans towards expressive origin. Per Brückner, probably related to Proto-Slavic *pľuti, *pľьvati (“to spew”).

Polish and Czech descendants appear to have been influenced by Proto-Slavic *plužiti (“to drag along the ground”) (Czech ploužiti, Old Polish płużyć), typically viewed as unrelated.

*pľugàvъ

1. nasty, vile, sleazy

   Synonyms: *gadьnъ, *gnǫsьnъ

• *pľugaviti, *pľugavěti
  • *pľugavьcь (agent noun)
  • *pľugavikъ m, *pľugavъka f (“creep, rodent”)
• *pľugavьstvo (abstract noun)

• *pľuskъ, *pľuxъ (“splash, slap”) (onomatopoeic)

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: плюга́вый (pljugávyj)^[1]
    • Belarusian: плюга́вы (pljuhávy)
    • Ukrainian: плюга́вий (pljuhávyj)
  • Russian: плюга́вый (pljugávyj)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plíhavý
    • Czech: plihavý, plouhavý
  • Polish: plugawy
  • Slovak: pľuhavý

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плюгавый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “плюгавий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 458
• The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2004), “плюга́вы”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 9 (пе-пе-пе – прасна́к), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN