Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ъlъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Variant of *-lъ, attached onto u-stems. Comparable with Latin -ulus.
Suffix
*-ъlъ m
- Forms instrumental or resultant nouns
- *pьkъlъ (“hell, pitch”) ← Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“to carve, to hew”)
- *ǫgъlъ (“angle”) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“to curve”)
- *čexъlъ (“cap, sleeper, cover”) ← of uncertain origin
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-ъlъ | *-ъla | *-ъli |
| genitive | *-ъla | *-ъlu | *-ъlъ |
| dative | *-ъlu | *-ъloma | *-ъlomъ |
| accusative | *-ъlъ | *-ъla | *-ъly |
| instrumental | *-ъlъmь, *-ъlomь* | *-ъloma | *-ъly |
| locative | *-ъlě | *-ъlu | *-ъlěxъ |
| vocative | *-ъle | *-ъla | *-ъli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
- *-ъľь (yo-stem)
- *-ъla f, *-ъlo n
Related terms
Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ъlъ
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2014) “2.11.50 *-ъlъ, *-ъlo < *-ula; *-ъla < *-ulā”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 164