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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žalь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From an earlier *žělь, continuing Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗlH-is. Akin to Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “wound, sore”), Proto-Germanic *kwēlō (“agony”).

Noun

*žàlь f [1][2][3]

  1. burial monument
  2. regret, sorrow
    → sorry (as a denominal adverb)

Inflection
Declension of *žàlь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *žàlь *žàli *žàli
Accusative *žàlь *žàli *žàli
Genitive *žàlī *žàlьju, *žàľu* *žàlьjь, *žàlī*
Locative *žàlī *žàlьju, *žàľu* *žàlьxъ
Dative *žàli *žàlьma *žàlьmъ
Instrumental *žàlьjǫ, *žàľǭ* *žàlьma *žàlьmī
Vocative *žali *žàli *žàli
* 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).

Alternative reconstructions
  • *žàľь
▼ <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*g%CA%B7elH-' title='Category:Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *gʷelH-'>Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *gʷelH-</a>‎ (0 c, 6 e)
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEaliti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žaliti'>Proto-Slavic/žaliti</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEal%D1%8C' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žalь'>Proto-Slavic/žalь</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEel%C4%9Bti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želěti'>Proto-Slavic/želěti</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BEelti' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želti'>Proto-Slavic/želti</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BE%C4%99dlo' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žędlo'>Proto-Slavic/žędlo</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/%C5%BE%D1%8Clna' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlna'>Proto-Slavic/žьlna</a>

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жаль”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “жал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 522

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žalь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553: “f. i ‘grief, regret, pity’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “žȁl”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*ža̋lь”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “žalь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 99)”
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