Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgъla

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

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Etymology

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*jьgo (yoke) +‎ *-ъla. Compare Latin iugulum.

Noun

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*jьgъlà f[1][2]

  1. needle
    1. a needle for fastening, as a hairpin or as a part of a tack or yoke of a beast
    2. a sewing needle or knitting needle
    3. a pointed leaf of a conifer

Inflection

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Declension of *jьgъlà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *jьgъlà *jь̏gъlě *jь̏gъly
genitive *jьgъlý *jьgъlù *jьgъ̀lъ
dative *jьgъlě̀ *jьgъlàma *jьgъlàmъ
accusative *jь̏gъlǫ *jь̏gъlě *jь̏gъly
instrumental *jьgъlojǫ́ *jьgъlàma *jьgъlàmi
locative *jь̏gъlě *jьgъlù *jьgъlàsъ, *jьgъlàxъ*
vocative *jьgъlo *jь̏gъlě *jь̏gъly

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьgъla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 213
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “игла́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьgъlà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210:f. ā (c) ‘needle’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “jьgъla jьgъly”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c nål (PR 138)