xlě̀bъ

xlě̀bъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: a \{1\} Proto-Slavic meaning: `bread'

Page in Trubačev: VIII 27-28

Old Church Slavic:

xlěbъ `bread, loaf' [m o]

Russian:

xleb `bread, loaf, bread-grain, (pl.) corn' [m o]

Czech:

chléb `bread' [m o]

Slovak:

chlieb `bread' [m o]

Polish:

chleb `bread' [m o]

Slovincian:

ẋlė́b `bread' [m o], ẋlìe̯bă [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

hlȅb `bread' [m o];

(h)lȅb `bread' [m o];

hljȅb `bread' [m o];

ljȅb `bread' [m o];

Čak. hl̨ȉb (Vrgada) `loaf of store-bought bread' [m o];

Čak. hlȅb (Orbanići) `round loaf' [m o]

Slovene:

hlẹ̀b `loaf, (white) bread' [m o], hlẹ́ba [m o]

Bulgarian:

xljab `bread, grain' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: \{1\}

Comments: A borrowing from Germanic, cf. Go. hlaifs, OHG hleib.

Notes:

\{1\} AP (a) in Old Russian (see Zaliznjak 1985). The length reflected in Slk. chlieb is probably due to Czech influence.