Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polsa

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *palśā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *falgō.

Noun

*polsà f^[1]

strip

Declension

Declension of *polsà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*polsà	*pȏlsě	*pȏlsy
genitive	*polsý	*polsù	*põlsъ
dative	*polsě̀	*polsàma	*polsàmъ
accusative	*pȏlsǫ	*pȏlsě	*pȏlsy
instrumental	*polsojǫ́	*polsàma	*polsàmi
locative	*pȏlsě	*polsù	polsàsъ, polsàxъ^*
vocative	*polso	*pȏlsě	*pȏlsy

^* -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.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: паласа́ (palasá)
- Russian: полоса́ (polosá)
- Ukrainian: полоса́ (polosá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: пласа (plasa)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⰰⱄⰰ (plasa)
- Bulgarian: пла́са (plása)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пла̏са
  
  Latin script: plȁsa
- Slovene: plása (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plasa
  - Czech: plasa
- Polish: płosa

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polsà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411: “f. ā (c) ʻstripʼ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polsà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411: “f. ā (c) ʻstripʼ”

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