Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ъlъ

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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

Variant of *-lъ, attached onto u-stems. Comparable with Latin -ulus.

Suffix

*-ъlъ m

  1. Forms instrumental or resultant nouns
    *pьkъlъ (“hell, pitch”) ← Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“to carve, to hew”)
    *ǫgъlъ (“angle”) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“to curve”)
    *čexъlъ (“cap, sleeper, cover”) ← of uncertain origin

Declension

Declension of *-ъlъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ъlъ *-ъla *-ъli
genitive *-ъla *-ъlu *-ъlъ
dative *-ъlu *-ъloma *-ъlomъ
accusative *-ъlъ *-ъla *-ъly
instrumental *-ъlъmь, *-ъlomь* *-ъloma *-ъly
locative *-ъlě *-ъlu *-ъlěxъ
vocative *-ъle *-ъla *-ъli
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ъlъ

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2014) “2.11.50 *-ъlъ, *-ъlo < *-ula; *-ъla < *-ulā”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 164
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