Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bylьje

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

Derivative of *byti. Via Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- cognate with Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón).

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Noun

*bylьje n

1. herb
2. medicine (secondary)

Inflection

Declension of *bylьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja
genitive	*bylьja	*bylьju	*bylьjь
dative	*bylьju	*bylьjema	*bylьjemъ
accusative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja
instrumental	*bylьjьmь, *bylьjemь*	*bylьjema	*bylьji
locative	*bylьji	*bylьju	*bylьjixъ
vocative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *bylьka (“herb”)
• *bylьnъ (“vegetative, herbal”)

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewH- (0 c, 5 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: былье (bylʹje)
    • Belarusian: быллё (bylljó)
    • Ukrainian: би́лля (býllja, “stalk”)
  • Russian: быльё (bylʹjó, “grass”), были́нка (bylínka, “small blade of grass”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: быльѥ (bylĭje, “grass, herb, drug”)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⰹⰾⱐⱑ (bylĭě)

  • Bulgarian: би́ле (bíle)
  • Macedonian: би́лје (bílje, “herbs, herbage”), би́ле (bíle)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: би̑ље (“vegetation”)

    Latin script: bȋlje

  • Slovene: bȋlje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: býlí (“weed grass”)
  • Old Polish: byle (“bush”)
  • Slovak: býlie

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “быльё”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bylьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 150
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “биле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 47

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bylьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71