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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolna

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

Nomen abstractum of Proto-Balto-Slavic *balˀnas (“white, bright”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolHnos (“bright, clear, vibrant”) + *-h₂. Cognate with Lithuanian bálnas (“white, having a white back”).

Noun

*bòlna f[1]

  1. membrane
  2. fadedness (in South Slavic)

Declension
Declension of *bòlna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bòlna *bòlně *bòlny
Accusative *bòlnǫ *bòlně *bòlny
Genitive *bòlny *bòlnu *bòlnъ
Locative *bòlně *bòlnu *bòlnasъ, *bòlnaxъ*
Dative *bòlně *bòlnama *bòlnamъ
Instrumental *bòlnojǫ, *bòlnǭ** *bòlnama *bòlnamī
Vocative *bòlno *bòlně *bòlny
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: болона (bolona)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): блана (blana)
    • Bulgarian: блана́ (blaná)
    • Macedonian: блана́ (blaná)
    • Slovene: blána (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Albanian: blanë

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bòlna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52: “f. ā (a) ‘membrane’”
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