Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫxyrь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*pǫxorь, *puxyrь, *puxorь
(stomach, intestine): *baxorь, *baxurь influenced by *baxoriti (“to conconct”) if already ere Czech-Slovak

Etymology

From *puxъ (“something inflated, blister”) +‎ *-yrь.

Noun

*pǫxyrь m

anything blown up in shape, bladder, blob
1. blister on the skin
2. urinary bladder
3. stomach, maw, paunch, intestine
4. small pouch, sachet
Synonym: *měxyrь, *měxorь

Inflection

Declension of *pǫxyrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pǫxyrь	*pǫxyri	pǫxyrьje, pǫxyře^*
genitive	*pǫxyri	pǫxyrьju, pǫxyřu^*	pǫxyrьjь, pǫxyri^*
dative	*pǫxyri	*pǫxyrьma	*pǫxyrьmъ
accusative	*pǫxyrь	*pǫxyri	*pǫxyri
instrumental	*pǫxyrьmь	*pǫxyrьma	*pǫxyrьmi
locative	*pǫxyri	pǫxyrьju, pǫxyřu^*	*pǫxyrьxъ
vocative	*pǫxyri	*pǫxyri	pǫxyrьje, pǫxyře^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: пухи́р (puxýr)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: puchr, separating the meaning “stomach” as bachoř apparently influenced by *baxoriti (“to conconct”)
  - Czech: puchýř, puchor, pucher, puchr; bachor, bachora, bachorek, bouchor, bouchoř (regional)
    - → Polish: bachor
- Kashubian: pąchérz, pąchãrz
- Polish: pęcherz, pęchierz, pęchirz, pęchyrz (obsolete)
- Slovak: puchor; bachor
  - →? Bulgarian: ба́ху́р (báhúr) (dialectal)
  - →? Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)
    Latin script: bȁhor, bȁor
    
    Cyrillic script: ба̏хор, ба̏ор
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: puchoŕ
  - Upper Sorbian: pucheŕ, now written pucher

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