Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/talь

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

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Perhaps, related to Latin tālea and Ancient Greek τᾶλις (tâlis).

Noun

*talь m

  1. hostage

Declension

Declension of *talь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *talь *tala *tali
genitive *tala *talu *talь
dative *talu *talema *talemъ
accusative *talь *tala *talę̇
instrumental *talьmь, *talemь* *talema *tali
locative *tali *talu *talixъ
vocative *talu *tala *tali

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: таль (talĭ)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “таль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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