Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolь
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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
The only parallels exist in Germanic languages: compare Old English bealo (“evil”), Old Norse bǫl and Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”). Proto-Indo-European root is unclear. Derksen derives it from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰol(H)-i- with Old Cornish bal (“illness”) as a further cognate.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *bȍlь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bȍlь | *bȍli | *bȍli |
| genitive | *bolí | *bolьjù, *boľu* | *bolь̀jь |
| dative | *bȍli | *bolьmà | *bȍlьmъ |
| accusative | *bȍlь | *bȍli | *bȍli |
| instrumental | *bolьjǫ́ | *bolьmà | *bolьmì |
| locative | *bolí | *bolьjù, *boľu* | *bȍlьxъ |
| vocative | *boli | *bȍli | *bȍli |
* 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).
Alternative reconstructions
- *bȍľь (Trubachev (ESSJa))
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: бо́лка f (bólka), бол (bol) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: болка f (bolka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
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- Slovene: ból m
- West Slavic:
- → Romanian: boală
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boljь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 191
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 54: “f. i (c) ‘pain’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bolь boli”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c (SA 81; PR 138)”