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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/doľa

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, divide”). Cognate with Lithuanian dalià, Latvian daļa.

Noun

*dòľa f[1][2][3][4]

  1. share, lot
  2. fate

Inflection
Declension of *dòľa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *dòľa *dòľi *dòľę̇
genitive *dòľę̇ *dòľu *dòľь
dative *dòľi *dòľama *dòľamъ
accusative *dòľǫ *dòľi *dòľę̇
instrumental *dòľejǫ, *dòľǫ** *dòľama *dòľamī
locative *dòľi *dòľu *dòľasъ, *dòľaxъ*
vocative *doľe *dòľi *dòľę̇
* -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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: долꙗ (dolja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: долꙗ (dolja) (Russian recension)
    • Bulgarian: доля (dolja)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: dole
    • Polish: dola
    • Slovak: doľa

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “doľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 62
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “doľa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 82
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 111: “f. jā (b) ‘share, fate’”
  4. Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* del (PR 135)”
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