Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьjavъka

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 *piti.

Noun

*pьjavъka f

1. leech

Declension

Declension of *pьjavъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьjavъka	*pьjavъcě	*pьjavъky
genitive	*pьjavъky	*pьjavъku	*pьjavъkъ
dative	*pьjavъcě	*pьjavъkama	*pьjavъkamъ
accusative	*pьjavъkǫ	*pьjavъcě	*pьjavъky
instrumental	*pьjavъkojǫ, *pьjavъkǫ**	*pьjavъkama	*pьjavъkami
locative	*pьjavъcě	*pьjavъku	*pьjavъkasъ, *pьjavъkaxъ*
vocative	*pьjavъko	*pьjavъcě	*pьjavъky

^* -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:
  • Belarusian: п'я́ўка (pʺjáŭka), пья́ўка (pʹjáŭka), пля́ўка (pljáŭka)
  • Russian: пья́вка (pʹjávka), пия́вка (pijávka)
  • Ukrainian: п'я́вка (pʺjávka), пля́вка (pljávka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пявка (pjavka)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pijȃvka (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pijavka
  • Slovak: pijavka
  • Polish: pijawka

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пия́вка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress