blizna

blizna; blizno Grammatical information: f. ā; n. o

Page in Trubačev: II 118-120

Russian:

blízna (dial.) `missing thread in fabric, flaw in home-spun material' [f ā];

blizná `knot in linen resulting from an incorrect arrangement of the warp' [f ā];

bliznó `flaw in fabric, absence of one or two threads' [n o];

bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]

Old Russian:

blizna `scar' [f ā]

Belorussian:

bljuzná `flaw in fabric' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

blýzna `wound, scar' [f ā];

blyzná `defect in linen' [f ā]

Czech:

blizna `stigma (bot.)' [f ā]

Polish:

blizna `scar, gash, seam, cicatrice, trace left by a fallen leaf' [f ā]

Old Polish:

bluzna `cicatrice, stigma, stamp' [f ā]

Kashubian:

blïzna `cicatrice' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

bɫuzna `scar, birth-mark' [f ā]

Lower Sorbian:

bluzna `scar, bruise' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

blȉzna `two threads put into a reed (instead of one);

ruptured thread in weft or warp' [f ā], blȋznī [Nom p];

blȋzna `scar' [f ā];

blȉzno `gap' [n o]

Bulgarian:

blizná `place in fabric where a thread is torn or missing' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bliʔź-n-

Lithuanian:

blyžė̃ `rip in fabric' [f ē] 4

Latvian:

blîznis² `pile of broken trees in a forest' [f ē]

Indo-European reconstruction: A formation with an n-suffix derived from *bʰliǵ- `beat', cf. Lat. flīgere `hit'.

IE meaning: scar

Page in Pokorny: 160

Comments: The forms that seemingly reflect *bl'uzna must be secondary.