Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polěsьje

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 *po- +‎ *lěsъ (“forest”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*polěsьje n

1. marshy woodlands

Declension

Declension of *polěsьje (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*polěsьje
genitive	*polěsьja
dative	*polěsьju
accusative	*polěsьje
instrumental	*polěsьjьmь, *polěsьjemь*
locative	*polěsьji
vocative	*polěsьje

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полѣсьѥ (polěsĭje); Полѣсьѥ (Polěsĭje)
    • Old Ruthenian: полѣ́сьє (polě́sʹje); Полѣ́сьє (Polě́sʹje)
      • Belarusian: пале́ссе (paljéssje); Пале́ссе (Paljéssje)
      • Ukrainian: полі́сся (políssja); Полі́сся (Políssja)
        • → English: Polesia, Polessia
        • → Carpathian Rusyn: Полі́ся (Polísja)
    • Russian: поле́сье (polésʹje); Поле́сье (Polésʹje)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Полесје, Пољесје

    Latin script: Polesje, Poljesje

  • Slovene: Polesje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech:
    • Czech: polesí; Polesí
  • Old Polish:
    • Polish: polesie; Polesie
    • Silesian:
  • Polabian:
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian:
    • Slovincian:
  • Old Slovak:
    • Pannonian Rusyn:
    • Slovak:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian:

Further reading

• Luchyk, V. V. (2014), “Полі́сся”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 383