Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-aľь

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Cognate with Lithuanian -lỹs in pirklỹs (< pir̃kti), piršlỹs (< pir̃šti).[1]

Suffix[edit]

*-aľь m

  1. (added to verbs)
    Synonyms: *-ařь, *-čь, *-ьcь
    *kovati (“to forge”) → *kovaľь (“blacksmith”)
    *kopati (“to dig”) → *kopaľь (“digger”)
    *xaxati → *xaxaľь
    *obьrtati → *obьrtaľь (compare *obьrtalъ, *obьrtelъ)
  2. (added to nouns)
    *gora (“mountain”) → *goraľь (“mountain dweller”) (compare *gorakъ, *gorěnъ / *gorěninъ)
    *nosъ (“nose”) → *nosaľь (“human with big nose”) (compare *nosačь, *nosakъ, *nosanъ, *nosařь)
  3. (added to adjectives)
    *lysъ (“bald”) → *lysaľь (compare *lysačь, *lysakъ, *lysanъ)

Declension[edit]

Declension of *-aľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-aľь *-aľa *-aľi
genitive *-aľa *-aľu *-aľь
dative *-aľu *-aľema *-aľemъ
accusative *-aľь *-aľa *-aľę̇
instrumental *-aľьmь, *-aľemь* *-aľema *-aľi
locative *-aľi *-aľu *-aľixъ
vocative *-aľu *-aľa *-aľi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms[edit]

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-aľь

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -аль (-alĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: —
    • Bulgarian: —
    • Macedonian: —
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -аљ
      Latin script: -alj
    • Slovene: -ar
  • West Slavic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Otrębski, Jan (1964) “Славяно-балтийское языковое единство. II. Морфологические явления”, in Вопросы языкознания, number 6, Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР, page 28

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*goralь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 31
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xaxalь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopalь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 14
  • Trubachyov, Oleg et al., editors (1974–2021), chapter 7, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 12
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lysalь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 36
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nosalь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvьrtalъ / *obvьrtalь / *obvьrtelъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 132
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