Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eleňь

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

From *ely +‎ *-jь.

Adjective

*eleňь

  1. (relational) deer, reindeer

Declension

Indefinite declension of *eleňь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňь *eleňa *eleňe
genitive *eleňa *eleňę̇ *eleňa
dative *eleňu *eleňi *eleňu
accusative *eleňь *eleňǫ *eleňe
instrumental *eleňemь *eleňejǫ *eleňemь
locative *eleňi *eleňi *eleňi
vocative *eleňu *eleňe *eleňe
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňa *eleňi *eleňi
genitive *eleňu *eleňu *eleňu
dative *eleňema *eleňama *eleňema
accusative *eleňa *eleňi *eleňi
instrumental *eleňema *eleňama *eleňema
locative *eleňu *eleňu *eleňu
vocative *eleňa *eleňi *eleňi
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňi *eleňę̇ *eleňa
genitive *eleňь *eleňь *eleňь
dative *eleňemъ *eleňamъ *eleňemъ
accusative *eleňę̇ *eleňę̇ *eleňa
instrumental *eleňi *eleňami *eleňi
locative *eleňixъ *eleňaxъ *eleňixъ
vocative *eleňi *eleňę̇ *eleňa
Definite declension of *eleňь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňьjь *eleňaja *eleňeje
genitive *eleňajego *eleňę̇ję̇ *eleňajego
dative *eleňujemu *eleňiji *eleňujemu
accusative *eleňьjь *eleňǫjǫ *eleňeje
instrumental *eleňijimь *eleňǫjǫ *eleňijimь
locative *eleňijemь *eleňiji *eleňijemь
vocative *eleňьjь *eleňaja *eleňeje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňaja *eleňiji *eleňiji
genitive *eleňuju *eleňuju *eleňuju
dative *eleňijima *eleňijima *eleňijima
accusative *eleňaja *eleňiji *eleňiji
instrumental *eleňijima *eleňijima *eleňijima
locative *eleňuju *eleňuju *eleňuju
vocative *eleňaja *eleňiji *eleňiji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *eleňiji *eleňę̇ję̇ *eleňaja
genitive *eleňьjixъ *eleňьjixъ *eleňьjixъ
dative *eleňijimъ *eleňijimъ *eleňijimъ
accusative *eleňę̇ję̇ *eleňę̇ję̇ *eleňaja
instrumental *eleňijimi *eleňijimi *eleňijimi
locative *eleňijixъ *eleňijixъ *eleňijixъ
vocative *eleňiji *eleňę̇ję̇ *eleňaja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: оле́нїй (olénij)
        • Belarusian: але́ні (aljéni) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: оле́ній (olénij) (archaic)
      • Russian: оле́ний (olénij)
    • Old Novgorodian: олень (olenĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰵⰾⰵⱀⱐ (elenĭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: ѥлен҄ь (jelenʹĭ)
      • Old East Slavic: ѥлень (jelenĭ)
        • Russian: еле́ний (jelénij)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: јѐлењӣ
      Latin script: jèlenjī
    • Slovene: jelénji (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “elenьjь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 45
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*elenь(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 20