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Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blʊˈxɑ/→/blʊˈxa/→/ˈblxa/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /blʊˈxɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /blʊˈxa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈblxa/
Noun
блъха (blŭxa) f
- flea
Declension
Declension of блъха (hard a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “блъха”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 118