Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьly

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

Possibly, akin to Latin dōlium (“cask”). Further origin unclear:

If inherited, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”), related to Proto-Celtic *delwā (“shape”);
Possibly of substrate origin, akin to Persian (dalv, “tub”), Arabic لْو (dalw, “bucket”) (of Semitic origin).

Noun

*dьly f^[1]^[2]

cask

Declension

Declension of *dьly (hard v-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьly	*dьlъvi	*dьlъvi
genitive	*dьlъve	*dьlъvu	*dьlъvъ
dative	*dьlъvi	dьlъvьma, dьlъvama^*	dьlъvьmъ, dьlъvamъ^*
accusative	*dьlъvь	*dьlъvi	*dьlъvi
instrumental	dьlъvьjǫ, dьlъvľǫ^**	dьlъvьma, dьlъvama^*	dьlъvьmi, dьlъvami^*
locative	*dьlъve	*dьlъvu	dьlъvьxъ, dьlъvaxъ^*
vocative	*dьly	*dьlъvi	*dьlъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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: дълꙑ (dŭly)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱐⰾⱏⰺ (dĭly)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: дьлꙑ (dĭly)
  - Bulgarian: де́лва (délva)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьly”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134: “f. ū ‘cask’”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьly”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 210

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьly”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134: “f. ū ‘cask’”

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьly”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 210

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