Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgъla
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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
According to Vasmer, to be connected with Ancient Greek αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “spear”), or to *naglaz. Morphologically, derived with the suffix *-ъla.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *jьgъlà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jьgъlà | *jь̏gъlě | *jь̏gъly |
| genitive | *jьgъlý | *jьgъlù | *jьgъ̀lъ |
| dative | *jьgъlě̀ | *jьgъlàma | *jьgъlàmъ |
| accusative | *jь̏gъlǫ | *jь̏gъlě | *jь̏gъly |
| instrumental | *jьgъlojǫ́ | *jьgъlàma | *jьgъlàmi |
| locative | *jь̏gъlě | *jьgъlù | *jьgъlàsъ, *jьgъlàxъ* |
| vocative | *jьgъlo | *jь̏gъlě | *jь̏gъly |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “игла́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьgъlà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 210: “f. ā (c) ‘needle’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “jьgъla jьgъly”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c nål (PR 138)”