Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plaxъta

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-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”).

Noun

*plaxъta f

  1. canopy, cloth, sheet

Inflection

Declension of *plaxъta (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *plaxъta *plaxъtě *plaxъty
genitive *plaxъty *plaxъtu *plaxъtъ
dative *plaxъtě *plaxъtama *plaxъtamъ
accusative *plaxъtǫ *plaxъtě *plaxъty
instrumental *plaxъtojǫ, *plaxъtǫ** *plaxъtama *plaxъtami
locative *plaxъtě *plaxъtu *plaxъtasъ, *plaxъtaxъ*
vocative *plaxъto *plaxъtě *plaxъty

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: пла́хта (pláxta)
    • Ukrainian: пла́хта (pláxta)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пла́хта”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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