желꙗ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms
  • желѩ (želję)
  • желя (želja)
  • жля (žlja)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gḗlˀis, *gḗlˀāˀ, akin to Proto-Slavic *žalь and Czech žel. Academician B. A. Rybakov, following S. A. Gedeonov, compared Желя from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" with the Czech goddess Zelu.

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛlʲɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛlʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛlʲa/
  • Hyphenation: же‧лꙗ

Noun

желꙗ (želja) f

  1. complaint, crying
    За нимъ кликну Карна, и Жля поскочи по Руской земли смагу мычючи въ пламянѣ розѣ

Declension
Declension of желꙗ (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative желꙗ
želja		 жели
želi		 желѣ
želě
Genitive желѣ
želě		 желю
želju		 жель
želĭ
Dative жели
želi		 желꙗма
željama		 желꙗмъ
željamŭ
Accusative желѭ
željǫ		 жели
želi		 желѣ
želě
Instrumental желеѭ
želejǫ		 желꙗма
željama		 желꙗми
željami
Locative жели
želi		 желю
želju		 желꙗхъ
željaxŭ
Vocative желе
žele		 жели
želi		 желѣ
želě

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “желѩ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 854
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