Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/naxalъ

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

Deverbal of *naxaliti. Compare also Proto-Slavic *xala (“something torn, shattered, worn-out”).

Noun

*naxalъ m

1. an impudent or insolent person

Inflection

Declension of *naxalъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*naxalъ	*naxala	*naxali
genitive	*naxala	*naxalu	*naxalъ
dative	*naxalu	*naxaloma	*naxalomъ
accusative	*naxalъ	*naxala	*naxaly
instrumental	*naxalъmь, *naxalomь*	*naxaloma	*naxaly
locative	*naxalě	*naxalu	*naxalěxъ
vocative	*naxale	*naxala	*naxali

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: нахалъ (naxalŭ)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: наха́лом (naxálom)
    • Russian: наха́л (naxál)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: наха́лом (naxálom)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: наха̀л (nahàl) (possibly borrowed from Russian)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “наха́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress