Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȍlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔlʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔlʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔːl/
  • Hyphenation: о‧лъ

Noun

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олъ (olŭm

  1. fermented liquor
  2. strong drink

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Russian: ол (ol)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “олъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 663