Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/petьľa
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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]Equivalent to *petьlъ (“knot”) + *-ja, with slight semantic difference. The masculine noun usually refers to the object knot, while the *-ja form refers to the product of *petьľati (“to knot, to loop”).
Noun
[edit]*pètьľa or *petьľà f[1]
- Alternative form of *petьlъ
Declension
[edit]Declension of *pètьľa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pètьľa | *pètьľi | *pètьľę̇ |
| genitive | *pètьľę̇ | *pètьľu | *pètьľь |
| dative | *pètьľī | *pètьľama | *pètьľāmъ |
| accusative | *pètьľǫ | *pètьľi | *pètьľę̇ |
| instrumental | *pètьľējǫ, *pètьľǭ* | *pètьľama | *pètьľāmī |
| locative | *pètьľī | *pètьľu | *pètьľāsъ |
| vocative | *pètьľe | *pètьľi | *pètьľę̇ |
* 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).
Declension of *petьľà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *petьľà | *pȅtьľi | *pȅtьľę̇ |
| genitive | *petьľę̇́ | *petьľù | *petь̀ľь |
| dative | *petьľì | *petьľàma | *petьľàmъ |
| accusative | *pȅtьľǫ | *pȅtьľi | *pȅtьľę̇ |
| instrumental | *petьľejǫ́ | *petьľàma | *petьľàmi |
| locative | *pȅtьľī | *petьľù | *petьľàsъ, *petьľàxъ* |
| vocative | *petьľe | *pȅtьľi | *pȅtьľę̇ |
* -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.
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “péntlja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*petьľa̋”