Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/neděľa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ne (“not”) + *dělo (“work”) + *-ja. Or from *ne (“not”) + *děliti (“to divide”) + *-ja.
Noun
*neděľa f
Declension
Declension of *neděľa (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *neděľa | *neděľi | *neděľę̇ |
genitive | *neděľę̇ | *neděľu | *neděľь |
dative | *neděľi | *neděľama | *neděľamъ |
accusative | *neděľǫ | *neděľi | *neděľę̇ |
instrumental | *neděľejǫ, *neděľǫ** | *neděľama | *neděľami |
locative | *neděľi | *neděľu | *neděľasъ, *neděľaxъ* |
vocative | *neděľe | *neděľi | *neděľę̇ |
* -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.
** 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).
** 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).
See also
- (days of the week) *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne; *ponedělъkъ/*ponedělьnikъ, *vъtorъkъ/*vъtorьnikъ, *serda, *četvьrtъkъ, *pętъkъ, *sǫbota, *neděľa (Category: sla-pro:Days of the week)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: недѣлꙗ (nedělja)
- Belarusian: нядзе́ля (njadzjélja), niadziela — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
- →? Lithuanian: nedėlia
- Russian: неде́ля (nedélja, “week”)
- Carpathian Rusyn: недї́ля (nedjílja)
- Ukrainian: неді́ля (nedílja)
- → Estonian: nädal (“week”)
- → Karelian: netäli (“week”), nedäli
- → Kildin Sami: не̄дтӭль (niedt’el’, “week”)
- → Latgalian: nedeļa (“week”)
- → Latvian: nedēļa (“week”)
- → Livonian: nädīļ (“week”)
- → Skolt Sami: neäʹttel (“week”)
- → Tuvan: неделя (nedelya, “week”)
- → Votic: näteli (“week”)
- → Yakut: нэдиэлэ (nediele, “week”)
- Belarusian: нядзе́ля (njadzjélja), niadziela — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
- Old East Slavic: недѣлꙗ (nedělja)
- South Slavic: