Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orlьja

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 *orti (“to plough”) +‎ *-lьja.

Noun

*orlьja f

1. field, arable land

Inflection

Declension of *orlьja (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orlьja	*orlьji	*orlьję̇
genitive	*orlьję̇	*orlьju	*orlьjь
dative	*orlьji	*orlьjama	*orlьjamъ
accusative	*orlьjǫ	*orlьji	*orlьję̇
instrumental	*orlьjejǫ, *orlьjǫ**	*orlьjama	*orlьjami
locative	*orlьji	*orlьju	*orlьjasъ, *orlьjaxъ*
vocative	*orlьje	*orlьji	*orlьję̇

^* -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).

Related terms

• *orati
• *ordlo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рольꙗ (rolĭja), ролиꙗ (rolija), ролꙗ (rolja)
    • Old Ruthenian: рольꙗ (rolʹja), ролїꙗ (rolija), роллꙗ (rollja), ролꙗ (rolja)
      • Belarusian: ралля́ (ralljá)
      • Ukrainian: рілля́ (rilljá)
    • Russian: ро́лья (rólʹja), ро́ля (rólja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: ралиꙗ (ralija)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: rolí
    • Czech: role
  • Polabian: rüľĕ
  • Old Polish: rola
    • Polish: rola
    • Silesian: rolŏ
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: rolô
    • Slovincian: rôla
  • Slovak: roľa
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rola

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orlьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 375
• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orl'a/*orlьja/*orlьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 177