polvъ

polvъ Grammatical information: adj. o

Old Church Slavic:

plavъ (Zogr., Mar., Ass.) `white' [adj o] \{1\}

Church Slavic:

plavъ (RuCS) `white' [adj o]

Russian:

polóvyj `pale yellow, sandy' [adj o];

polovój `pale yellow, sandy' [adj o]

Czech:

plavý `faded, dun, light yellow' [adj o]

Slovak:

plavý `faded, dun, light yellow' [adj o]

Polish:

pɫowy `faded, straw-coloured' [adj o]

Serbo-Croatian:

plȃv `blue, blond' [adj o] \{1\}

Slovene:

plàv `blue, pale, blond' [adj o], pláva [Nomsf] \{2\}

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: polu̯os

Lithuanian:

pal̃vas `light yellow, straw-coloured' [adj o]

Indo-European reconstruction: pol-uo-

Other cognates:

Lat. pallidus `pale' [adj];

OIc. fǫlr `faded' [adj];

OHG falo `faded' [adj]

Notes:

\{1\} Only in John 4:35. \{2\} The meaning `blue' may be due to German influence.