Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golěno

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

Alternative reconstructions

*goleno (per ESSJa)

Etymology

See *gȍlěnь.

Noun

*gȍlěno n

Alternative form of *gȍlěnь (“shin, shank”)

Declension

Declension of *gȍlěno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gȍlěno	*gȍlěně	*golěnà
genitive	*gȍlěna	*golěnù	*golě̃nъ
dative	*gȍlěnu	*golěnomà	*golěnòmъ
accusative	*gȍlěno	*gȍlěně	*golěnà
instrumental	gȍlěnъmь, gȍlěnomь^*	*golěnomà	*golěný
locative	*gȍlěně	*golěnù	*golěně̃xъ
vocative	*golěno	*gȍlěně	*golěnà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: го́лено (góleno), голя́на f (goljána) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: го́лен m (gólen) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian: (rare)
  Cyrillic script: го̏ле̄н m
  
  Cyrillic script: го̏ле̄н m
- Slovene: goléno (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: holeno