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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělь

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

From *bělъ (“white”) +‎ *-ь. Cognate with Latvian bala (“loamy valley, swamp, depression”), Lithuanian balà (“swamp”).

Noun

*bělь m

  1. swampy meadow?

Inflection
Declension of *bělь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bělь *běli *bělьje, *běľe*
genitive *běli *bělьju, *běľu* *bělьjь, *běli*
dative *běli *bělьma *bělьmъ
accusative *bělь *běli *běli
instrumental *bělьmь *bělьma *bělьmi
locative *běli *bělьju, *běľu* *bělьxъ
vocative *běli *běli *bělьje, *běľe*
* 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).

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бель (bjelʹ, “swampy meadow”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: biel (“swampy meadow”) (dialectal), bielaw (dialectal)

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “*bala”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
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