Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orlьja

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 *orti (“to plough”) +‎ *-lьja.[1]

Noun

*orlьja f[1]

  1. field, arable land

Inflection

Declension of *orlьja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *orlьja *orlьji *orlьję̇
genitive *orlьję̇ *orlьju *orlьjь
dative *orlьji *orlьjama *orlьjamъ
accusative *orlьjǫ *orlьji *orlьję̇
instrumental *orlьjejǫ, *orlьjǫ** *orlьjama *orlьjami
locative *orlьji *orlьju *orlьjasъ, *orlьjaxъ*
vocative *orlьje *orlьji *orlьję̇

* -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: рольꙗ (rolĭja), ролиꙗ (rolija), ролꙗ (rolja)
      • Old Ruthenian: рольꙗ (rolʹja), ролїꙗ (rolija), роллꙗ (rollja), ролꙗ (rolja)
        • Belarusian: ралля́ (ralljá)
        • Ukrainian: рілля́ (rilljá)
      • Russian: ро́лья (rólʹja), ро́ля (rólja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic: ралиꙗ (ralija)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: rolí
    • Polabian: rüľĕ
    • Old Polish: rola
      • Polish: rola
      • Silesian: rolŏ
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: rolô
      • Slovincian: rôla
    • Slovak: roľa
    • Sorbian:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orlьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orl'a/*orlьja/*orlьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 177
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