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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-aľь

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

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Cognate with Lithuanian -lỹs in pirklỹs (< pir̃kti), piršlỹs (< pir̃šti).[1]

Suffix

*-aľь m

  1. (added to verbs)
    Synonyms: *-ařь, *-čь, *-ьcь
    *kovati (to forge)*kovaľь (blacksmith)
    *kopati (to dig)*kopaľь (digger)
    *xaxati*xaxaľь
    *obьrtati*obьrtaľь (compare *obьrtalъ, *obьrtelъ)
  2. (added to nouns)
    *gora (mountain)*goraľь (mountain dweller) (compare *gorakъ, *gorěnъ / *gorěninъ)
    *nosъ (nose)*nosaľь (human with big nose) (compare *nosačь, *nosakъ, *nosanъ, *nosařь)
  3. (added to adjectives)
    *lysъ (bald)*lysaľь (compare *lysačь, *lysakъ, *lysanъ)

Declension

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-aľь

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -аль (-alĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: —
    • Bulgarian: —
    • Macedonian: —
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -аљ
      Latin: -alj
    • Slovene: -ar
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -al, -ál, -áľ
    • Old Polish: -al
    • Slovak: -al, -ál, -áľ
    • Slovincian: -ål
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: -al

References

  1. Otrębski, Jan (1964), Славяно-балтийское языковое единство. II. Морфологические явления”, in Вопросы языкознания, issue 6, Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР, page 28

Further reading

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