желꙗ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• желѩ (želję)
• желя (želja)
• жля (žlja)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gḗlˀis, *gḗlˀāˀ, akin to Proto-Slavic *žalь and Czech žel. Academician B. A. Rybakov, following S. A. Gedeonov, compared Желя from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" with the Czech goddess Zelu.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʑɛlʲɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʑɛlʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ʑɛlʲa/
• Hyphenation: же‧лꙗ

Noun

желꙗ (želja) f

1. complaint, crying

   За нимъ кликну Карна, и Жля поскочи по Руской земли смагу мычючи въ пламянѣ розѣ

Declension

Declension of желꙗ (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	желꙗ želja	жели želi	желѣ želě
Genitive	желѣ želě	желю želju	жель želĭ
Dative	жели želi	желꙗма željama	желꙗмъ željamŭ
Accusative	желѭ željǫ	жели želi	желѣ želě
Instrumental	желеѭ želejǫ	желꙗма željama	желꙗми željami
Locative	жели želi	желю želju	желꙗхъ željaxŭ
Vocative	желе žele	жели želi	желѣ želě

Related terms

• жалоба (žaloba)
• жаль (žalĭ)

 

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “желѩ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 854