Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěnь

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

Alternative forms

• *glěnъ m

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gláiˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁i-ni-s, from *gleh₁y-.

Noun

*glěnь f

1. clay, loam

Inflection

Declension of *glěnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glěnь	*glěni	*glěni
genitive	*glěni	*glěnьju, *glěňu*	*glěnьjь, *glěni*
dative	*glěni	*glěnьma	*glěnьmъ
accusative	*glěnь	*glěni	*glěni
instrumental	*glěnьjǫ, *glěňǫ*	*glěnьma	*glěnьmi
locative	*glěni	*glěnьju, *glěňu*	*glěnьxъ
vocative	*glěni	*glěni	*glěni

^* 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).

Related terms

• *glěvъ, *glěvь, *glěva
• *glina
• *glistъ, *glista
• *gliva
• *glьjь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
    • Russian: глень f (glenʹ)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
  • Bulgarian: глен f (glen) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: glę̂n m

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hlen m
  • Old Polish: glan m
    • Polish: glon m, glán (dialectal)
  • Slovak: hlien m
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: hlen m