Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bodъľь

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

Of the same origin as *bosti (“to pierce, to stab”) +‎ *-ъlъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*bodъľь m[1]

thorn
Synonym: *tьrnъ
needle, pointy tip
Synonym: *šipъ

Declension

Declension of *bodъľь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bodъľь	*bodъľa	*bodъľi
genitive	*bodъľa	*bodъľu	*bodъľь
dative	*bodъľu	*bodъľema	*bodъľemъ
accusative	*bodъľь	*bodъľa	*bodъľę̇
instrumental	bodъľьmь, bodъľemь^*	*bodъľema	*bodъľi
locative	*bodъľi	*bodъľu	*bodъľixъ
vocative	*bodъľu	*bodъľa	*bodъľi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бодль (bodlĭ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: боде́л (bodél), бо́дъл (bódǎl), бàдлье n (bàdlje) (dialectal, obsolete)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: бодил (bodil) (from *bodylъ), pl. бодли (bodli) (standard)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бо̑даљ (“type of thorny grass”)
  
  Latin script: bȏdalj (“type of thorny grass”)
- Slovene: bȏdəlj (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bodъlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 49: “m. jo 'thorn'”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bodъlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 49: “m. jo 'thorn'”