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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫbьlъ
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ámb(i)las, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₃en- (“to rake”), *h₃embʰ- (“to pivot, to hub”) (whence Latin umbō (“shield hub”)). Two kinds of suffixes are attested:
- *-ьlъ in Old Church Slavonic and Serbo-Croatian. Similar to semantically related Proto-Slavic *kъbьlъ, *bъkъlъ (“bucket, pail”).
- *-elъ in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polabian. Similar to Proto-Slavic *stubelъ (“feeding trough”).
Traditionally compared (per Miklošič) with Armenian ամպ (amp, “cloud”), Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain, rainwater”), Sanskrit अम्बु (ambu, “water”), Latin imber (“rain, storm”), at least some of which from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (“nebular”).
Old East Slavic meaning probably influenced (via intermediate Old East Slavic амболъ (ambolŭ, “portico”)) by unrelated Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “portico”).
Declension
Declension of *ǫbьlъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ǫbьlъ | *ǫbьla | *ǫbьli |
| Accusative | *ǫbьlъ | *ǫbьla | *ǫbьly |
| Genitive | *ǫbьla | *ǫbьlu | *ǫbьlъ |
| Locative | *ǫbьlě | *ǫbьlu | *ǫbьlěxъ |
| Dative | *ǫbьlu | *ǫbьloma | *ǫbьlomъ |
| Instrumental | *ǫbьlъmь, *ǫbьlomь* | *ǫbьloma | *ǫbьly |
| Vocative | *ǫbьle | *ǫbьla | *ǫbьli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙋболъ (ubolŭ, “street, pass”) (possibly)
- Russian: убол (ubol)
- Old East Slavic: ꙋболъ (ubolŭ, “street, pass”) (possibly)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: wûmbâl
Further reading
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫbelъ (?)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 9
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “убол”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “въбел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 200
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