Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelena
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Noun
*pelenà f
- diaper (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.)
Inflection
Declension of *pelena (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pelena | *peleně | *peleny |
| genitive | *peleny | *pelenu | *pelenъ |
| dative | *peleně | *pelenama | *pelenamъ |
| accusative | *pelenǫ | *peleně | *peleny |
| instrumental | *pelenojǫ, *pelenǫ** | *pelenama | *pelenami |
| locative | *peleně | *pelenu | *pelenasъ, *pelenaxъ* |
| vocative | *peleno | *peleně | *peleny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic: пелена (pelena)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pelenà; *pelna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пелена́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*pelena/*pelna/*pelnь/*pelny”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 66