Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pizda
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīˀsdāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (“vulva”), from *h₁epi (“upon, by”) + *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also *sěděti (“to sit”)), i.e. originally an euphemism meaning "what one sits on".
Cognate with Old Prussian peisda (“ass”), Lithuanian pyzdà and Latvian pīzda.
Noun[edit]
*pīzdà f
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *pīzdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *pīzdà | *pĩzdě | *pīzdỳ |
Accusative | *pīzdǫ̀ | *pĩzdě | *pīzdỳ |
Genitive | *pīzdỳ | *pīzdù | *pĩzdъ |
Locative | *pīzdě̀ | *pīzdù | *pīzdàsъ, *pīzdàxъ* |
Dative | *pīzdě̀ | *pīzdàma | *pīzdàmъ |
Instrumental | *pīzdòjǫ, *pĩzdǫ** | *pīzdàma | *pīzdàmī |
Vocative | *pizdo | *pĩzdě | *pīzdỳ |
* -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).
** 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[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: pízda, pȋzda (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- → Romanian: pizdă
Further reading[edit]
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
- “pyzda” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- sla-pro:Body parts
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm b