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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ělь

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

Alternative forms
  • *-alь (after palatals)
  • *-tělь (verbs ending in -V-)

Etymology

An addition of *-lь to a stem extension *-ē, possibly the same one found in the imperfect.

Suffix

*-ělь f

  1. From verbs ending in -V-
    *mytělь ← *myti
    *obutělь ← *obuti
  2. From verbs ending in -C- or similar
    *obrětělь ← *obrěsti
    *pečalь ← *peťi
    *gybělь ← *gynǫti
    *obitělь ← *obitati
    *svirělь ← *svirati
    *piščalь ← *piščati, *piskati
    *kapělь ← *kapati
    *glǫbělь ← *glǫbati

Declension
Declension of *-ělь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ělь *-ěli *-ěli
genitive *-ěli *-ělьju, *-ěľu* *-ělьjь, *-ěli*
dative *-ěli *-ělьma *-ělьmъ
accusative *-ělь *-ěli *-ěli
instrumental *-ělьjǫ, *-ěľǫ* *-ělьma *-ělьmi
locative *-ěli *-ělьju, *-ěľu* *-ělьxъ
vocative *-ěli *-ěli *-ěli
* 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

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ělь

Descendants
  • Old Church Slavonic: -ѣль (-ělĭ)
  • Russian: -ель (-elʹ)
  • Ukrainian: -іль (-ilʹ)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печаль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свирель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пищаль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrětělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 81
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvitělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kapělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 146
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kypělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 264
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glǫbělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 140
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