Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogoľь

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 *gogolъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*gogoľь m

1. Alternative form of *gogolъ (“wild duck”)

Declension

Declension of *gogoľь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gogoľь	*gogoľa	*gogoľi
genitive	*gogoľa	*gogoľu	*gogoľь
dative	*gogoľu	*gogoľema	*gogoľemъ
accusative	*gogoľь	*gogoľa	*gogoľę̇
instrumental	*gogoľьmь, *gogoľemь*	*gogoľema	*gogoľi
locative	*gogoľi	*gogoľu	*gogoľixъ
vocative	*gogoľu	*gogoľa	*gogoľi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гоголь (gogolĭ, “Bucephala clangula, garrot”)
    • Old Ruthenian: го́голь (hóholʹ, “Bucephala clangula, garrot”)
      • Belarusian: го́галь (hóhalʹ)
      • Ukrainian: го́голь (hóholʹ); оголь (oholʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: го́голь (gógolʹ, “Bucephala clangula, garrot”)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: го̀гољ (“Podiceps cristatus”), гогољ (“Branta rufina Boie”) (dialectal)

    Latin script: gògolj (“Podiceps cristatus”), gogolj (“Branta rufina Boie”) (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: hohoľ (“waterbird”)