Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogoľь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gogoľь

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 *gogolъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*gogoľь m[1][2]

1. Alternative form of *gogolъ (“wild duck”)

Declension

Declension of *gogoľь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gogoľь	*gogoľa	*gogoľi
Accusative	*gogoľь	*gogoľa	*gogoľę̇
Genitive	*gogoľa	*gogoľu	*gogoľь
Locative	*gogoľi	*gogoľu	*gogoľixъ
Dative	*gogoľu	*gogoľema	*gogoľemъ
Instrumental	*gogoľьmь, *gogoľemь*	*gogoľema	*gogoľi
Vocative	*gogoľu	*gogoľa	*gogoľi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гоголь (gogolĭ, “Bucephala clangula”)
    • Old Ruthenian: го́голь (hóholʹ, “Bucephala clangula”)
      • Belarusian: го́галь (hóhalʹ)
      • Ukrainian: го́голь (hóholʹ); оголь (oholʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: го́голь (gógolʹ, “Bucephala clangula”)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: го̀гољ (“Podiceps cristatus”), гогољ (“Branta rufina Boie”) (dialectal)

    Latin: gògolj (“Podiceps cristatus”), gogolj (“Branta rufina Boie”) (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: hohoľ (“waterbird”)

References

1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gogolъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 23
2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gogolъ / *gogolь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 193