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

• (East Slavic) *dolь, (South Slavic) *dola

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. 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)
    • Old Ruthenian: до́лꙗ (dólja)
      • Belarusian: до́ля (dólja)
      • Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja)
    • Russian: до́ля (dólja)
      • → Czech: dola
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: долꙗ (dolja) (Russian recension)
  • Bulgarian: доля (dolja)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dole
  • Polish: dola
  • Slovak: doľa