Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьlina

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

Alternative reconstructions

*dьľina

Etymology

From *dьlь +‎ *-ina.^[1]

Noun

*dьlina f^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Declension

Declension of *dьlina (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьlina	*dьlině	*dьliny
genitive	*dьliny	*dьlinu	*dьlinъ
dative	*dьlině	*dьlinama	*dьlinamъ
accusative	*dьlinǫ	*dьlině	*dьliny
instrumental	dьlinojǫ, dьlinǫ^**	*dьlinama	*dьlinami
locative	*dьlině	*dьlinu	dьlinasъ, dьlinaxъ^*
vocative	*dьlino	*dьlině	*dьliny

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *дьлина (*dĭlina)
  - Old Ruthenian: *длина́ (*dliná)
    - Ukrainian: (obsolete) длина́ (dlyná)
  - Middle Russian: длина́ (dliná), долина́ (doliná) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
    - Russian: длина́ (dliná), (dialectal) доли́на́ (dolíná)
South Slavic:
- Old Serbo-Croatian: dljìna (14-16ᵗʰ c.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьlina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
^ Anikin, A. E. (2020) “длина́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 73: “прасл. *dьľina ― prasl. *dʹľina”
^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “длина”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 229: “праслав. *дьлина ― praslav. *dʹlina”

Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “длина́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 142
Vasmer, Max (1964) “длина́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 517
Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “длина́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 109
Krylov, G. A. (2004) “длина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN, page 114

[ESSJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьlina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 209

[2] Anikin, A. E. (2020) “длина́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 73: “прасл. *dьľina ― prasl. *dʹľina”

[3] Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “длина”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 229: “праслав. *дьлина ― praslav. *dʹlina”

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