полымя

Belarusian

Etymology

Probably from unattested Old Ruthenian *по́лымѧ (*pólymja) (from which also dialectal Ukrainian по́лим'я (pólymʺja)), further borrowed from Old Pskovian *полꙑмѧ (*polymę), from Proto-Slavic *pòlmy. Doublet of по́ламя (pólamja) and its several dialectal variants, with normal East Slavic pleophony *TolT > *ToloT, while Old Pskovian dialect (Krivichs area) reflex of pleophony *TolT > *TolᵊT, *TolᵒT. Cognate with Russian по́лымя (pólymja).

Alternatively, a result of sound change (possibly some instance of dissimilative akanye) which was applied to блыха (blyxa) was suggested by Karsky, so inherited from Old Ruthenian по́ломѧ (pólomja), from Old East Slavic поломѧ (polomę).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɫɨmʲa]

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Noun

по́лымя • (pólymja) n inan (genitive по́лымя, uncountable)

1. flame

Declension

Declension of по́лымя (inan sg-only 4th-decl neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	по́лымя pólymja
genitive	по́лымя pólymja
dative	по́лымю pólymju
accusative	по́лымя pólymja
instrumental	по́лымем pólymjem
locative	по́лымі pólymi

Derived terms

• по́лымны (pólymny, “ablaze, aflame”)

References

• “полымя” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

• по́ломя (pólomja)

Etymology

Via Middle Russian, then probably borrowed Old Pskovian *полꙑмѧ (*polymę), from Proto-Slavic *pòlmy. Cognate with Belarusian по́лымя (pólymja).

Doublet of пла́мя (plámja) and по́ломя (pólomja), where the first one is an Old Church Slavonic word showing liquid metathesis characteristic of South Slavic area, and the second one normally inherited by pleophony of *TorT > *ToroT type, while Old Pskovian dialect (Krivichs area) reflex of pleophony *TolT > *TolᵊT, *TolᵒT.

Pronunciation

• по́лымя: IPA^(key): [ˈpoɫɨmʲə]
• полымя́: IPA^(key): [pəɫɨˈmʲa]

Noun

по́лымя or полымя́ • (pólymja or polymjá) n inan

1. (obsolete or poetic) synonym of пла́мя (plámja)

   из огня́ да в по́лымя ― iz ognjá da v pólymja ― out of the frying pan into the fire

Declension

Declension of по́лымя, полымя́  

	singular	plural
nominative	по́лымя, полымя́ pólymja, polymjá	-
genitive	-	-
dative	-	-
accusative	по́лымя, полымя́ pólymja, polymjá	-
instrumental	по́лымем pólymem	-
prepositional	по́лыме* pólyme*	-

^* Non-normative.

Poetic-literary version

Declension of по́лымя (inan neut-form 3rd-decl accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́лымя pólymja	полымена́ polymená
genitive	по́лымени pólymeni	полымён polymjón
dative	по́лымени pólymeni	полымена́м polymenám
accusative	по́лымя pólymja	полымена́ polymená
instrumental	по́лыменем pólymenem	полымена́ми polymenámi
prepositional	по́лымени pólymeni	полымена́х polymenáx