плева

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See also: пљева

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Pronunciation

Noun

плева (plevaf (uncountable)

  1. chaff

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěva.

Pronunciation

Noun

плева́ (pleváf inan (genitive плевы́, nominative plural плевы́, genitive plural плев)

  1. membrane, film, coat, pleura
    де́вственная плева́dévstvennaja pleváhymen

Declension

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plěva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плева”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelva.

Noun

пле̏ва f (Latin spelling plȅva)

  1. chaff

Declension