Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svirělь

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 *svirati +‎ *-ělь.

Noun

*svirělь f

1. pipe, flute

Declension

Declension of *svirělь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svirělь	*svirěli	*svirěli
genitive	*svirěli	*svirělьju, *svirěľu*	*svirělьjь, *svirěli*
dative	*svirěli	*svirělьma	*svirělьmъ
accusative	*svirělь	*svirěli	*svirěli
instrumental	*svirělьjǫ, *svirěľǫ*	*svirělьma	*svirělьmi
locative	*svirěli	*svirělьju, *svirěľu*	*svirělьxъ
vocative	*svirěli	*svirěli	*svirěli

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свирѣль (svirělĭ)
    • Russian: свире́ль (svirélʹ)
    • Ukrainian: свирíль (svyrílʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свирѣль (svirělĭ)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свире́ль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress