Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ъlъ

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

Variant of *-lъ, attached onto u-stems. Comparable with Latin -ulus.

Suffix

*-ъlъ m

Forms instrumental or resultant nouns
*pьkъlъ (“hell, pitch”) ← Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“to carve, to hew”)

*ǫgъlъ (“angle”) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“to curve”)

*čexъlъ (“cap, sleeper, cover”) ← of uncertain origin

Declension

Declension of *-ъlъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ъlъ	*-ъla	*-ъli
genitive	*-ъla	*-ъlu	*-ъlъ
dative	*-ъlu	*-ъloma	*-ъlomъ
accusative	*-ъlъ	*-ъla	*-ъly
instrumental	-ъlъmь, -ъlomь^*	*-ъloma	*-ъly
locative	*-ъlě	*-ъlu	*-ъlěxъ
vocative	*-ъle	*-ъla	*-ъli

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

Alternative forms

*-ъľь (yo-stem)
*-ъla f, *-ъlo n

Related terms

*-lъ
- *-ьlъ (attached onto i-stems)
- *-оlъ (attached onto o-stems)
*-ělь, *-aľь

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ъlъ

References

Matasović, Ranko (2014) “2.11.50 *-ъlъ, *-ъlo < *-ula; *-ъla < *-ulā”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 164

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