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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľugavъ

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

Consensus leans towards expressive origin. Per Brückner, probably related to Proto-Slavic *pľuti, *pľьvati (to spew).

Polish and Czech descendants appear to have been influenced by Proto-Slavic *plužiti (to drag along the ground) (Czech ploužiti, Old Polish płużyć), typically viewed as unrelated.

Adjective

*pľugàvъ

  1. nasty, vile, sleazy
    Synonyms: *gadьnъ, *gnǫsьnъ

Declension

Derived terms

  • *pľugaviti, *pľugavěti
    • *pľugavьcь (agent noun)
    • *pľugavikъ m, *pľugavъka f (creep, rodent)
  • *pľugavьstvo (abstract noun)
  • *pľuskъ, *pľuxъ (splash, slap) (onomatopoeic)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: плюга́вый (pljugávyj)[1]
      • Belarusian: плюга́вы (pljuhávy)
      • Ukrainian: плюга́вий (pljuhávyj)
    • Russian: плюга́вый (pljugávyj)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: plíhavý
      • Czech: plihavý, plouhavý
    • Polish: plugawy
    • Slovak: pľuhavý

Further reading

References

  1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), плюгавый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 385
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