Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/doľa

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

Alternative forms

(East Slavic) *dolь, (South Slavic) *dola

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, divide”). Cognate with Lithuanian dalià, Latvian daļa.

Noun

*dòľa f[1][2][3][4]

share, lot
fate

Inflection

Declension of *dòľa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dòľa	*dòľi	*dòľę̇
Accusative	*dòľǫ	*dòľi	*dòľę̇
Genitive	*dòľę̇	*dòľu	*dòľь
Locative	*dòľi	*dòľu	dòľasъ, dòľaxъ^*
Dative	*dòľi	*dòľama	*dòľamъ
Instrumental	dòľejǫ, dòľǫ^**	*dòľama	*dòľamī
Vocative	*doľe	*dòľi	*dòľę̇

^* -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: долꙗ (dolja)
  - Old Ruthenian: до́лꙗ (dólja)
    - Belarusian: до́ля (dólja)
    - Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja)
  - Russian: до́ля (dólja)
    - → Czech: dola
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: долꙗ (dolja) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: доля (dolja)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dole
- Polish: dola
- Slovak: doľa

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “doľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 62
Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “doľa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 82
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “f. jā (b) ‘share, fate’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* del (PR 135)”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “doľa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 62

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1981), “doľa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 4 (dob'estь – družьstvo), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 82

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dòļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “f. jā (b) ‘share, fate’”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* del (PR 135)”