Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pryščь

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 *pryskati (“to gush, squirt; to burst”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*pryščь m

1. pimple, pustule

Declension

Declension of *pryščь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pryščь	*pryšča	*pryšči
genitive	*pryšča	*pryšču	*pryščь
dative	*pryšču	*pryščema	*pryščemъ
accusative	*pryščь	*pryšča	*pryščę̇
instrumental	*pryščьmь, *pryščemь*	*pryščema	*pryšči
locative	*pryšči	*pryšču	*pryščixъ
vocative	*pryšču	*pryšča	*pryšči

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

Related terms

• *pryskati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: прꙑщь (pryščĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: прыщъ (pryšč), прищъ (prišč)
      • Belarusian: прышч (pryšč)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пырщ (pŷršč)
      • Ukrainian: прищ (pryšč); пирщ (pyršč) (dialectal)
    • Russian: прыщ (pryšč)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: прꙑщь (pryštĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱏⰺⱋⱐ (pryštĭ)

  • Bulgarian: прищ (prišt) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: пришт (prišt)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: при̑шт

    Latin script: prȋšt

  • Slovene: príšč (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pryskýř; prýšč (dialectal)
  • Polish: pryszcz
  • Slovak: рrýšť
  • Sorbian
    • Lower Sorbian: pšuskel
    • Upper Sorbian: pryskel

Further reading

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