балии

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• бальи (balĭi)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *badli, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-dʰl-. Possibly, however, formed in Old Church Slavonic or inherited from a form such as Proto-Slavic *bali, cf. the form bali for expected *badli in the Freising Manuscripts.

Noun

балии • (balii) m

1. physician

Declension

Declension of балии (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	балии balii	балии balii	балиѩ baliję
genitive	балиѩ baliję	балию baliju	балии balii
dative	балии balii	балиꙗма balijama	балиꙗмъ balijamŭ
accusative	балиѭ balijǫ	балии balii	балиѩ baliję
instrumental	балиѥѭ balijejǫ	балиꙗма balijama	балиꙗми balijami
locative	балии balii	балию baliju	балиꙗхъ balijaxŭ
vocative	балиѥ balije	балии balii	балиѩ baliję

Synonyms

• врачь (vračĭ)
• ицѣлител҄ь (icělitelʹĭ)
• цѣлител҄ь (cělitelʹĭ)

Further reading

• “балии”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “балии”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “балии”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN