Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolna

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

Nomen abstractum of Proto-Balto-Slavic *balˀnas (“white, bright”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolHnos (“bright, clear, vibrant”) + *-h₂. Cognate with Lithuanian bálnas (“white, having a white back”).

Noun

*bòlna f[1]

  1. membrane
  2. fadedness (in South Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *bòlna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *bòlna *bòlně *bòlny
genitive *bòlny *bòlnu *bòlnъ
dative *bòlně *bòlnama *bòlnamъ
accusative *bòlnǫ *bòlně *bòlny
instrumental *bòlnojǫ, *bòlnǭ** *bòlnama *bòlnamī
locative *bòlně *bòlnu *bòlnasъ, *bòlnaxъ*
vocative *bòlno *bòlně *bòlny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: болона (bolona)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Albanian: blanë

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “болона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bòlna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52: “f. ā (a) ‘membrane’”
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