Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/os(ь)la

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśilos, *aśelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-i-l-o- or *h₂eḱ-l-, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

*os(ь)la f

whetstone, hone
Synonym: *brusъ

Inflection

Declension of *os(ь)la (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*os(ь)la	*os(ь)lě	*os(ь)ly
Accusative	*os(ь)lǫ	*os(ь)lě	*os(ь)ly
Genitive	*os(ь)ly	*os(ь)lu	*os(ь)lъ
Locative	*os(ь)lě	*os(ь)lu	os(ь)lasъ, os(ь)laxъ^*
Dative	*os(ь)lě	*os(ь)lama	*os(ь)lamъ
Instrumental	os(ь)lojǫ, os(ь)lǫ^**	*os(ь)lama	*os(ь)lami
Vocative	*os(ь)lo	*os(ь)lě	*os(ь)ly

^* -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).

Related terms

adjective

*ostrъ

nouns

*esetь
*ostь
*ostьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: осла (osla)
  - ⇒ Russian: осело́к (oselók)
  - Ukrainian: осла́ (oslá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: осла (osla)
- Slovene: ósla (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polabian: våslă
- Old Polish: osła
  - Polish: osła (obsolete)
    - ⇒ Polish: osełka
- Slovak: osla
- Sorbian:
  ⇒ Lower Sorbian: woslica