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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/badli
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bāˀdlis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂dʰlis, from *bʰéh₂ti.
Noun
*badli m[1]
- enchanter
- healer
- physician
Inflection
Declension of *badli (ī-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *badli | *badlьji | *badlьję̇ |
| Accusative | *badlьjǫ | *badlьji | *badlьję̇ |
| Genitive | *badlьję̇ | *badlьju | *badlьjь |
| Locative | *badlьji | *badlьju | *badlьjasъ, *badlьjaxъ* |
| Dative | *badlьji | *badlьjama | *badlьjamъ |
| Instrumental | *badlьjejǫ, *badlьjǫ** | *badlьjama | *badlьjami |
| Vocative | *badlьje | *badlьji | *badlьję̇ |
* -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).
** 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: балии (balij), балиꙗ (balija, “physician, enchanter”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: балии (balij), бали (bali, “physician”)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⰰⰾⰻⰻ (balii), ⰱⰰⰾⰻ (bali)
- Church Slavonic: бали (bali, “healer, Saviour”)
- Old Church Slavonic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*badli”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “m. ī ‘enchanter, healer, physician’”