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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golěno
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *goleno (per ESSJa)
Etymology
See *gȍlěnь.
Noun
*gȍlěno n
- Alternative form of *gȍlěnь (“shin, shank”)
Declension
Declension of *gȍlěno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gȍlěno | *gȍlěně | *golěnà |
| Accusative | *gȍlěno | *gȍlěně | *golěnà |
| Genitive | *gȍlěna | *golěnù | *golě̃nъ |
| Locative | *gȍlěně | *golěnù | *golěně̃xъ |
| Dative | *gȍlěnu | *golěnomà | *golěnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *gȍlěnъmь, *gȍlěnomь* | *golěnomà | *golěný |
| Vocative | *golěno | *gȍlěně | *golěnà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: го́лено (góleno), голя́на f (goljána) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: го́лен m (gólen) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian: (rare)
- Cyrillic: го̏ле̄н m
- Cyrillic: го̏ле̄н m
- Slovene: goléno (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: holeno
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golenь/*goleno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6: (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 201