blъxà

blъxà Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `flea'

Page in Trubačev: II 129-130

Church Slavic:

blъxa (RuCS) `flea' [f ā]

Russian:

bloxá `flea' [f ā], bloxú [Accs];

bloxá (dial.) `flea' [f ā], blóxu [Accs]

Ukrainian:

bloxá `flea' [f ā]

Czech:

blecha `flea' [f ā]

Slovak:

blcha `flea' [f ā]

Polish:

pchɫa `flea' [f ā] \{1\}

Slovincian:

pẋlȧ̃ `flea' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

tcha `flea' [f ā];

bka (Pfuhl) `flea' [f ā];

pcha (Pfuhl) `flea' [f ā];

tk(h)a (Pfuhl) `flea' [f ā]

Lower Sorbian:

pcha `flea' [f ā];

bcha (dial.) `flea' [f ā]

Polabian:

blåxă `flea' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

bùha `flea' [f ā], bùhu [Accs], bȕhe [Nom p];

Čak. buhȁ (Vrgada) `flea' [f ā], buhȅ [Nom p];

Čak. bȕha (Orbanići) `flea' [f ā]

Slovene:

bóɫha `flea' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

bălxá `flea' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: blúṣ-aH

Lithuanian:

blusà `flea' [f ā] 2

Latvian:

blusa `flea' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰlus-eh₂

IE meaning: flea

Page in Pokorny: 102

Other cognates:

Gk. ψύλλα `flea' [f];

Skt. plúṣi- `flea'

;

Lat. pūlex `flea'

;

OHG flōh `flea'

;

Arm. low `flea'

Notes:

\{1\} In Polish dialects, we find a large variety of forms, e.g. pcha, pɫa, pɫecha, bɫecha, bɫcha.