Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posteľь

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

*posteľa

Etymology

*po- +‎ *stьlati (“to spread”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*posteľь f

bedding, bedclothes

Inflection

Declension of *posteljь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*posteljь	*postelji	*postelji
genitive	*postelji	posteljьju, postelju^*	posteljьjь, postelji^*
dative	*postelji	*posteljьma	*posteljьmъ
accusative	*posteljь	*postelji	*postelji
instrumental	posteljьjǫ, posteljǫ^*	*posteljьma	*posteljьmi
locative	*postelji	posteljьju, postelju^*	*posteljьxъ
vocative	*postelji	*postelji	*postelji

^* 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:
- Russian: посте́ль (postélʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: постель (postelʹ), постелꙗ (postelja), посьтель (posʹtelʹ)
  - Belarusian: пасце́ль (pascjélʹ)
  - Ukrainian: по́сті́ль (póstílʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: постелꙗ (postelja)
- Bulgarian: посте́ля (postélja), посте́лка (postélka)
- Macedonian: постела (postela), постелка (postelka), постелнина (postelnina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̏стеља
  
  Latin script: pȍstelja
- Slovene: pọ́stelja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: postele, postel
  - Czech: postel
- Polabian: püstéla
- Polish: pościel
- Old Slovak: posteľ
  - Pannonian Rusyn: посцель (poscelʹ)
  - Slovak: posteľ
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: póstol, póstola