Re: [tied] "Full" in OCS?

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 32767
Date: 2004-05-19

> Whilst reading through the text of Janachek's "Glagolitic
>
> "Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua"
>
> is translated as:
>
> "Plna sut nebozem nja slavy tvojeje!"
>
> Is this word "plna" an original Slavic word or a borrowing from Latin?

An original one, < *plh1-n-.

> Sorry if this seems like a stupid question. I don't have
> access to an OCS grammar or lexicon at the moment. When I'm
> in Moscow this summer I hope to buy T.A. Ivanova's
> "Staroslavjanskij jazyk", which someone told me is one of the
> best grammars for the language.
>

If you need a good *synchronic* description, I would opt for Vaillant's
"Manuel du vieux slave", but it's probably just a matter of taste.

Sergei