Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xalěpa

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

Uncertain. Etymological hypotheses follow two lines of logic:

Petersson: Derived from *xal- +‎ *-ěpa/*-ipa, cognate with South Slavic mythological creature *xala (“typhon, hail-bringer”) and possibly Armenian խաղ (xaġ, “marsh; impure, dirty”) (the later rejected by Vasmer). Berneker further adds as a potential cognate dialectal Serbo-Croatian ха̏ла (“dirt, grime”). Possibly akin to Lithuanian skaláuti (“to rinse”).
Trubačev: Compound of *xa- +‎ *lěp-/*lip- (“sticky”) +‎ *-a. First element, perhaps from Proto-Slavic *xati (“to reel, to stagger; to be concerned”), *xajь (“trouble, cumbersome endeavour”). Compare analogous development in Proto-Slavic *metělь, *metělica (“blizzard”) from *mesti (“to sweep, to project”).

Perhaps, parallel to ē-ablauted *šalěpa (“bad weather”), found in dialectal Russian ша́лепа (šálepa), Belarusian ша́ліпа (šálipa).

A secondary meaning “trouble, hardship”, attested in Ukrainian and South Russian (Kursk oblast), may have been borrowed independently from Ancient Greek χαλεπός (khalepós, “difficult, harsh”) or has evolved via semantic shift alike Bulgarian несго́да (nesgóda, “trouble, bad luck”) - a negation of earleir *sъgoda (“good weather, proper time”).

Noun edit

*xalěpa f

bad weather
Synonyms: *dъžďь, (South Slavic) *dьrča, (East Slavic) *padorga
slush, mire
Synonyms: *slǫkъtь, *kyša

Alternative forms edit

*xalipa
(possibly) *šalěpa

Declension edit

Declension of *xalěpa (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xalěpa	*xalěpě	*xalěpy
genitive	*xalěpy	*xalěpu	*xalěpъ
dative	*xalěpě	*xalěpama	*xalěpamъ
accusative	*xalěpǫ	*xalěpě	*xalěpy
instrumental	xalěpojǫ, xalěpǭ^**	*xalěpama	*xalěpamī
locative	*xalěpě	*xalěpu	xalěpasъ, xalěpaxъ^*
vocative	*xalěpo	*xalěpě	*xalěpy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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 edit

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: Халѣпъ (Xalěpŭ), Халепа (Xalepa) (personal name)
- Belarusian: ха́лепа (xáljepa), ха́ліпа (xálipa, “sleet”); (dialectal) ха́ляпа (xáljapa, “slush”)
- Russian: ха́лепа (xálepa), ха́липа (xálipa) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ха́лепа (xálepa), ха́липа (xálypa, “bad weather”) (dated)