Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bodъľь

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

Of the same origin as *bosti (to pierce, to stab) +‎ *-ъlъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*bodъľь m[1]

  1. thorn
    Synonym: *tьrnъ
  2. needle, pointy tip
    Synonym: *šipъ

Declension

Declension of *bodъľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bodъľь *bodъľa *bodъľi
genitive *bodъľa *bodъľu *bodъľь
dative *bodъľu *bodъľema *bodъľemъ
accusative *bodъľь *bodъľa *bodъľę̇
instrumental *bodъľьmь, *bodъľemь* *bodъľema *bodъľi
locative *bodъľi *bodъľu *bodъľixъ
vocative *bodъľu *bodъľa *bodъľi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бодль (bodlĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: боде́л (bodél), бо́дъл (bódǎl), бàдлье n (bàdlje) (dialectal, obsolete)
      • Bulgarian: бодил (bodil) (from *bodylъ), pl. бодли (bodli) (standard)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̑даљ (type of thorny grass)
      Latin script: bȏdalj (type of thorny grass)
    • Slovene: bȏdəlj (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bodъlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 154

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bodъlь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49:m. jo 'thorn'