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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bylьje
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derivative of *byti.
Noun
*bylьje n
- herb
- medicine (secondary)
Inflection
Declension of *bylьje (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *bylьje | *bylьji | *bylьja |
Accusative | *bylьje | *bylьji | *bylьja |
Genitive | *bylьja | *bylьju | *bylьjь |
Locative | *bylьji | *bylьju | *bylьjixъ |
Dative | *bylьju | *bylьjema | *bylьjemъ |
Instrumental | *bylьjьmь, *bylьjemь* | *bylьjema | *bylьji |
Vocative | *bylьje | *bylьji | *bylьja |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewH- (0 c, 7 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)
- Old Ruthenian: былье (bylʹje)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: быльѥ (bylĭje, “grass, herb, drug”)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⱏⰹⰾⱐⱑ (bylĭě)
- Bulgarian: би́ле (bíle)
- Macedonian: би́лје (bílje, “herbs, herbage”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: би̑ље (“vegetation”)
- Latin: bȋlje
- Slovene: bȋlje (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: býlí (“weed grass”)
- Old Polish: byle (“bush”)
- Slovak: býlie
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “быльё”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bylьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 150
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “биле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 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