Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solpъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *salpás, probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to flow, to slide, to thrust”). Cognate with Lithuanian sal̃pas (“river cove, creek, backwater”), salpà (“flood-land, river cove, creek, backwater”). Possibly more distantly akin to Old Prussian salus (“downpour”).

Noun

*sȏlpъ m

1. (rare) tilt, slant (in dialectal Bulgarian)
2. (probably by extension) rapid, torrent

   → waterfall

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sȏlpъ	*sȏlpa	*sȏlpi
genitive	*sȏlpa	*solpù	*sõlpъ
dative	*sȏlpu	*solpomà	*solpòmъ
accusative	*sȏlpъ	*sȏlpa	*sȏlpy
instrumental	*sȏlpъmь, *sȏlpomь*	*solpomà	*solpý
locative	*sȏlpě	*solpù	*solpě̃xъ
vocative	*solpe	*sȏlpa	*sȏlpi

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

Derived terms

• *persоlpъ, *prisolpъ (“tilt, slant”)
• *nasolpъ (“river wave”)
• *solpějь (“wavefront”)

Related terms

• *sьlpati/*selpati (“to thrust, to spring, to gush”) (a/j-conjugation)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: слапъ (slapŭ, “torrent”)
  • Bulgarian: слап (slap, “wave”), слап (slap, “slant, tilt”) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сла̑п

    Latin script: slȃp

  • Slovene: slȃp (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: slap
  • Slovak: slap

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слап¹ (wave)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 854
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слап² (tilt, slant)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 855
• “salpas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012