Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/os(ь)la
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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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśilos, *aśelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-i-l-o- or *h₂eḱ-l-, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Noun
*os(ь)la f
Inflection
Declension of *os(ь)la (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *os(ь)la | *os(ь)lě | *os(ь)ly |
| genitive | *os(ь)ly | *os(ь)lu | *os(ь)lъ |
| dative | *os(ь)lě | *os(ь)lama | *os(ь)lamъ |
| accusative | *os(ь)lǫ | *os(ь)lě | *os(ь)ly |
| instrumental | *os(ь)lojǫ, *os(ь)lǫ** | *os(ь)lama | *os(ь)lami |
| locative | *os(ь)lě | *os(ь)lu | *os(ь)lasъ, *os(ь)laxъ* |
| vocative | *os(ь)lo | *os(ь)lě | *os(ь)ly |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
adjective
nouns
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: осла (osla)
- Slovene: ósla (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “осело́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress