Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dola
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dál(j)āˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, divide”). Cognate with Lithuanian dalà.
Noun
[edit]*dola f[1]
- South Slavic form of *doľa (“share, lot; fate”)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *dola (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dola | *dolě | *doly |
| genitive | *doly | *dolu | *dolъ |
| dative | *dolě | *dolama | *dolamъ |
| accusative | *dolǫ | *dolě | *doly |
| instrumental | *dolojǫ, *dolǫ** | *dolama | *dolami |
| locative | *dolě | *dolu | *dolasъ, *dolaxъ* |
| vocative | *dolo | *dolě | *doly |
* -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).
** 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
[edit]- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: дола (dola) (Bulgarian, Serbian recension)
References
[edit]- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “doľa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 82