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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьlъ

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

Etymology

Possibly rebuilt from u-stem *jìlъ[2][3], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ī́ˀlus, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)iHlús (“mud; dark”)[4]. Perhaps cognate with Latvian īls (“very dark”), Ancient Greek ἰλύς (ilús, “mud, slime”), εἰλύ (eilú, “very dark, black”).[3][1]

Noun

*jьlъ m[1][2]

  1. silt
  2. clay

Declension
Declension of *jьlъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *jьlъ *jьla *jьli
Accusative *jьlъ *jьla *jьly
Genitive *jьla *jьlu *jьlъ
Locative *jьlě *jьlu *jьlěxъ
Dative *jьlu *jьloma *jьlomъ
Instrumental *jьlъmь, *jьlomь* *jьloma *jьly
Vocative *jьle *jьla *jьli
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: илъ (ilŭ)
      • Russian: ил (il)
      • Ukrainian: іл (il)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: илъ (ilŭ, “bog”)
      Glagolitic: ⰻⰾⱏ (ilŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ил (il)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ѝловача
      Latin script: ìlovača
    • Slovene: íl (“loam, clay”), jilo (“loam, clay”), ilo (“loam, clay”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jíl
      • Czech: jíl (“silt, clay”)
    • Polish: ił (“clay, natural dampness of earth”), jеł (“clay, natural dampness of earth”) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: íl (“silt, clay”), il (“silt, clay”) (archaic)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьlъ; *jьlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “m. o; n o ‘silt, clay’”
  2. Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 536
  3. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ил”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἰ̄λῡ́ς, -ύος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589
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