Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgľь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀglis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (charcoal). The PIE noun, a consonant-stem (whence later i-stem and o-stem derivations in the daughters), was likely a derivative of *h₁n̥gʷnis (fire), whence also Proto-Slavic *ogňь.

Noun

*ǫ̀glь m[1]

  1. coal

Inflection

Declension of *ǫ̀glь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫ̀glь *ǫ̀gli *ǫ̀glьjē, *ǫ̀gľē*
genitive *ǫ̀glī *ǫ̀glьju, *ǫ̀gľu* *ǫ̀glьjь, *ǫ̀glī*
dative *ǫ̀gli *ǫ̀glьma *ǫ̀glьmъ
accusative *ǫ̀glь *ǫ̀gli *ǫ̀gli
instrumental *ǫ̀glьmь *ǫ̀glьma *ǫ̀glьmī
locative *ǫ̀glī *ǫ̀glьju, *ǫ̀gľu* *ǫ̀glьxъ
vocative *ǫgli *ǫ̀gli *ǫ̀glьjē, *ǫ̀gľē*

* 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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫ̀glь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385