Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/neděľa

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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Either from *ne (not) +‎ *dělo (work) +‎ *-ja (perhaps a calque of Ancient Greek ἄπρακτος ἡμέρα (ápraktos hēméra) or calque of Latin diēs fēriātus)[1][2] or *ne (not) +‎ *děliti (to divide) +‎ *-ja.

For the meaning, compare:

Noun

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*nedě̀ľa f

  1. Sunday
  2. week

Declension

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Declension of *nedě̀ľa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *nedě̀ľa *nedě̀ľi *nedě̀ľę̇
genitive *nedě̀ľę̇ *nedě̀ľu *nedě̀ľь
dative *nedě̀ľī *nedě̀ľama *nedě̀ľāmъ
accusative *nedě̀ľǫ *nedě̀ľi *nedě̀ľę̇
instrumental *nedě̀ľējǫ, *nedě̀ľǭ* *nedě̀ľama *nedě̀ľāmī
locative *nedě̀ľī *nedě̀ľu *nedě̀ľāsъ
vocative *nedě̀ľe *nedě̀ľi *nedě̀ľę̇

* 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).

See also

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Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text)
*ponedělъkъ
*ponedělьnikъ
*vъtorъkъ
*vъtorьnikъ
*serda *četvьrtъkъ *pętъkъ *sǫbota *neděľa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “неде́ля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*neděľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 115