блъха

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /blʊˈxɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /blʊˈxa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈblxa/
  • Hyphenation: блъ‧ха́

Noun

блъха (blŭxa) f

  1. flea

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: блоха́ (bloxá)
  • Russian: блоха́ (bloxá)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “блъха”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 118
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