Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dělъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dailas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Lithuanian dailýti (“to divide”), Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *dě̃lъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dě̃lъ | *dě̄là | *dě̄lì |
| genitive | *dě̄là | *dě̄lù | *dě̃lъ |
| dative | *dě̄lù | *dě̄lòma | *dě̄lòmъ |
| accusative | *dě̃lъ | *dě̄là | *dě̄lỳ |
| instrumental | *dě̄lъ̀mь, *dě̄lòmь* | *dě̄lòma | *dě̃ly |
| locative | *dě̄lě̀ | *dě̄lù | *dě̃lěxъ |
| vocative | *děle | *dě̄là | *dě̄lì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dě́lъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 103: “m. o (b) ‘part’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dělъ děla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b part; boundary, watershed (NA 118f.)”