Lexeme: žl′t′

Language:
Old Church Slavonic
Meaning:
yellow
Cognate Set:
*g̑ʰelh₃- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
žl′t′
Native script:
жльтъ
Phonetic:
ʒl̩ʲtʊ̆
Phonemic:
ʒl̩ʲtʊ
Notes: The word 'жльтъ' is not attested in OCS. However, the derivative 'жльтѣница' 'a kind of plant with yellow flowers' and the contaminated form 'жльчь' (instead of / alongside зльчь) 'gall' show that such an adjective did exist. An alternative lexeme is 'плавъ' but it has a more specific meaning 'fair, fawn, colour of ripe cereals'.