Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrnobylь

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

Etymology

From *čьrnъ (“black”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *bylь.

Noun

*čьrnobylь m

mugwort

Declension

Declension of *čьrnobylь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьrnobylь	*čьrnobyli	čьrnobylьje, čьrnobyľe^*
genitive	*čьrnobyli	čьrnobylьju, čьrnobyľu^*	čьrnobylьjь, čьrnobyli^*
dative	*čьrnobyli	*čьrnobylьma	*čьrnobylьmъ
accusative	*čьrnobylь	*čьrnobyli	*čьrnobyli
instrumental	*čьrnobylьmь	*čьrnobylьma	*čьrnobylьmi
locative	*čьrnobyli	čьrnobylьju, čьrnobyľu^*	*čьrnobylьxъ
vocative	*čьrnobyli	*čьrnobyli	čьrnobylьje, čьrnobyľe^*

^* 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

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: черно́бꙑль (černóbylĭ)
  - Belarusian: чарно́быль (čarnóbylʹ) (dialectal)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: чорно́быль (čornóbŷlʹ)
  - Ukrainian: чорно́биль (čornóbylʹ), чорно́бил (čornóbyl); черно́бель (černóbelʹ), черно́біль (černóbilʹ), черно́биль (černóbylʹ), чорно́бель (čornóbelʹ), чорно́биль (čornóbylʹ), чорно́біль (čornóbilʹ), чорно́біл (čornóbil) (dialectal)
  - Russian: чернобы́ль (černobýlʹ), чернобы́л (černobýl)
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: Черно́бꙑль (Černóbylĭ) (toponym)
  - Old Ruthenian: Чорно́быль (Čornóbylʹ), Чернобыль (Černobylʹ), Чарнобыль (Čarnobylʹ), Чрънабыль (Črnabylʹ)
    - Belarusian: Чарно́быль (Čarnóbylʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: Чорно́быль (Čornóbŷlʹ)
    - Ukrainian: Чорно́биль (Čornóbylʹ)
    - → Polish: Czarnobyl (semantic loan)
  - Russian: Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ)
    - → English: Chernobyl
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: црнобиљ, црнобил (rare)
  
  Latin script: crnobilj, crnobil (rare)
- Slovene: črnobil
West Slavic:
- Czech: černobýl; černobýlí pl
- Old Polish: czarnobyl
- Slovak: černobyľ