Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolъ

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 *dalas, probably cognate with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”), English dale, Old Norse dalr, Old High German tal, Welsh dol f (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-.

Noun

*dȍlъ m

1. valley
2. depression, pit

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dȍlъ	*dȍla	*dȍli
genitive	*dȍla	*dolù	*dòlъ
dative	*dȍlu	*dolomà	*dolòmъ
accusative	*dȍlъ	*dȍla	*dȍly
instrumental	*dȍlъmь, *dȍlomь*	*dolomà	*dolý
locative	*dȍlě	*dolù	*dolě̃xъ
vocative	*dole	*dȍla	*dȍli

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дол (dol)
  • Russian: дол (dol)
  • Ukrainian: діл (dil)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: долъ (dolŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰴⱁⰾⱏ (dolŭ)

  • Bulgarian: дол (dol)
  • Macedonian: дол (dol)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: до̑л, до̑

    Latin: dȏl, dȏ

  • Slovene: dọ̑ł, dȏł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dól
    • Czech: důl
  • Polabian: döl
  • Polish: dół
  • Slovak: dol
    • (>Slovak: dolina)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: doł
    • Upper Sorbian: doł