Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělь
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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
From *bělъ (“white”) + *-ь. Cognate with Latvian bala (“loamy valley, swamp, depression”), Lithuanian balà (“swamp”).
Noun edit
*bělь m
Inflection edit
Declension of *bělь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bělь | *běli | *bělьje, *běľe* |
| genitive | *běli | *bělьju, *běľu* | *bělьjь, *běli* |
| dative | *běli | *bělьma | *bělьmъ |
| accusative | *bělь | *běli | *běli |
| instrumental | *bělьmь | *bělьma | *bělьmi |
| locative | *běli | *bělьju, *běľu* | *bělьxъ |
| vocative | *běli | *běli | *bělьje, *běľe* |
* 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).
Related terms edit
See also edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бель (bjelʹ, “swampy meadow”)
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “*bala”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 84