Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dalь
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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
Compare Latvian tāls (“far, distant”), from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *to-, but the initial d remains unexplained.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
*dalь f
Declension
Declension of *dalь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dalь | *dali | *dali |
| genitive | *dali | *dalьju, *daľu* | *dalьjь, *dali* |
| dative | *dali | *dalьma | *dalьmъ |
| accusative | *dalь | *dali | *dali |
| instrumental | *dalьjǫ, *daľǫ* | *dalьma | *dalьmi |
| locative | *dali | *dalьju, *daľu* | *dalьxъ |
| vocative | *dali | *dali | *dali |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: dálja (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dál
- Polish: dal
- Slovak: ďalej, ďaleko
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tāls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “даль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress