Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gylь

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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Noun

*gylь m[1]

  1. bullfinch

Inflection

Declension of *gylь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gylь *gyla *gyli
genitive *gyla *gylu *gylь
dative *gylu *gylema *gylemъ
accusative *gylь *gyla *gylę̇
instrumental *gylьmь, *gylemь* *gylema *gyli
locative *gyli *gylu *gylixъ
vocative *gylu *gyla *gyli

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: гіль (hilʹ)
    • Russian: гиль (gilʹ) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gylь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 221