Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bylьje

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

Derivative of *byti.

Noun

*bylьje n

  1. herb
  2. medicine (secondary)

Inflection

Declension of *bylьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bylьje *bylьji *bylьja
genitive *bylьja *bylьju *bylьjь
dative *bylьju *bylьjema *bylьjemъ
accusative *bylьje *bylьji *bylьja
instrumental *bylьjьmь, *bylьjemь* *bylьjema *bylьji
locative *bylьji *bylьju *bylьjixъ
vocative *bylьje *bylьji *bylьja

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

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewH- (0 c, 6 e)

Derived terms

  • *bylьka (“herb”)
  • *bylьnъ (“vegetative, herbal”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: былье (bylʹje)
      • Belarusian: быллё (bylljó)
      • Ukrainian: би́лля (býllja, “stalk”)
    • Russian: быльё (bylʹjó, “grass”) (obsolete), были́нка (bylínka, “small blade of grass”)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “быльё”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bylьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 150
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “биле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 47

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bylьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
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