Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bodъľь

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

Of the same origin as *bosti (“to pierce, to stab”) +‎ *-ъlъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*bodъľь m

1. thorn

   Synonym: *tьrnъ

2. needle, pointy tip

   Synonym: *šipъ

Declension

Declension of *bodъľь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bodъľь	*bodъľa	*bodъľi
genitive	*bodъľa	*bodъľu	*bodъľь
dative	*bodъľu	*bodъľema	*bodъľemъ
accusative	*bodъľь	*bodъľa	*bodъľę̇
instrumental	*bodъľьmь, *bodъľemь*	*bodъľema	*bodъľi
locative	*bodъľi	*bodъľu	*bodъľixъ
vocative	*bodъľu	*bodъľa	*bodъľi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бодль (bodlĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: боде́л (bodél), бо́дъл (bódǎl), бàдлье n (bàdlje) (dialectal, obsolete)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: бодил (bodil) (from *bodylъ), pl. бодли (bodli) (standard)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̑даљ (“type of thorny grass”)

    Latin script: bȏdalj (“type of thorny grass”)

  • Slovene: bȏdəlj (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bodъlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 154