Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perina

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 *pero (“feather”) +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*perìna f

1. cushion, pad (made of plumage)

   Synonyms: *poduxa, *puxovina, *bolzina

Inflection

Declension of *perina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*perina	*perině	*periny
genitive	*periny	*perinu	*perinъ
dative	*perině	*perinama	*perinamъ
accusative	*perinǫ	*perině	*periny
instrumental	*perinojǫ, *perinǫ**	*perinama	*perinami
locative	*perině	*perinu	*perinasъ, *perinaxъ*
vocative	*perino	*perině	*periny

^* -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).

Related terms

• *perušina (“plumage”)
• *perьnъ, *perьnatъ (“feathery”)
  • *perьnica (“pillow, duvet (made of plumage)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: пери́на (perína)
    • ⇒ Russian: пери́нка (perínka)
  • Ukrainian: пери́на (perýna)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̏рина

    Latin script: pȅrina

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: peřina
  • Polish: pierzyna
  • Slovak: perina

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*perina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 211