Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zelenъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently originally participle of verb **zelti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źelˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Morphologically *zel- + *-enъ.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian žélti (“to sprout”), žãlias (“green”), žel̃vas (“greenish”), Latvian zelt (“to become green”), zaļš (“green”), Old Prussian saligan (“green”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit हरि (hari, “fallow, yellowish, greenish”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬫𐬀 (zaranya), Latin helvus (“honey-yellow”), Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green, greenish yellow”), Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”).
Adjective
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Accent paradigm b.
Indefinite declension of *zelenъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *zelenъ | *zelena | *zeleno |
genitive | *zelena | *zeleny | *zelena |
dative | *zelenu | *zeleně | *zelenu |
accusative | *zelenъ | *zelenǫ | *zeleno |
instrumental | *zelenomь | *zelenojǫ | *zelenomь |
locative | *zeleně | *zeleně | *zeleně |
vocative | *zelene | *zeleno | *zeleno |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *zelena | *zeleně | *zeleně |
genitive | *zelenu | *zelenu | *zelenu |
dative | *zelenoma | *zelenama | *zelenoma |
accusative | *zelena | *zeleně | *zeleně |
instrumental | *zelenoma | *zelenama | *zelenoma |
locative | *zelenu | *zelenu | *zelenu |
vocative | *zelena | *zeleně | *zeleně |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *zeleni | *zeleny | *zelena |
genitive | *zelenъ | *zelenъ | *zelenъ |
dative | *zelenomъ | *zelenamъ | *zelenomъ |
accusative | *zeleny | *zeleny | *zelena |
instrumental | *zeleny | *zelenami | *zeleny |
locative | *zeleněxъ | *zelenaxъ | *zeleněxъ |
vocative | *zeleni | *zeleny | *zelena |
Definite declension of *zelenъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *zelenъjь | *zelenaja | *zelenoje |
genitive | *zelenajego | *zelenyję̇ | *zelenajego |
dative | *zelenujemu | *zeleněji | *zelenujemu |
accusative | *zelenъjь | *zelenǫjǫ | *zelenoje |
instrumental | *zelenyjimь | *zelenǫjǫ | *zelenyjimь |
locative | *zelenějemь | *zeleněji | *zelenějemь |
vocative | *zelenъjь | *zelenaja | *zelenoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *zelenaja | *zeleněji | *zeleněji |
genitive | *zelenuju | *zelenuju | *zelenuju |
dative | *zelenyjima | *zelenyjima | *zelenyjima |
accusative | *zelenaja | *zeleněji | *zeleněji |
instrumental | *zelenyjima | *zelenyjima | *zelenyjima |
locative | *zelenuju | *zelenuju | *zelenuju |
vocative | *zelenaja | *zeleněji | *zeleněji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *zeleniji | *zelenyję̇ | *zelenaja |
genitive | *zelenъjixъ | *zelenъjixъ | *zelenъjixъ |
dative | *zelenyjimъ | *zelenyjimъ | *zelenyjimъ |
accusative | *zelenyję̇ | *zelenyję̇ | *zelenaja |
instrumental | *zelenyjimi | *zelenyjimi | *zelenyjimi |
locative | *zelenyjixъ | *zelenyjixъ | *zelenyjixъ |
vocative | *zeleniji | *zelenyję̇ | *zelenaja |
See also
[edit] *bělъ (of animals) *bronъ |
*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ | *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ (of animals) *vornъ, *galъ |
*čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ | *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ (of animals) *gnědъ |
*žьltъ (of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ |
*zelenъ | *zelenъ, *grěnъ | |
*polvъ | *siňь; *modrъ | |
*slivъ | *bagrъ |
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зеленый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “зелёный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 322
- Куркина Л. В. (2010) “Комментарии к IV тому "Этимологического словаря словенского языка" Ф. Безлая”, in Этимология 2006‒2008, Moscow, page 164
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zelènъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 541: “adj. o (b) ‘green’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zelenъ zelena zeleno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b grøn (PR 136)”