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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xalěpa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Uncertain. Etymological hypotheses follow two lines of logic:
- Petersson: Derived from *xal- + *-ěpa/*-ipa, cognate with South Slavic mythological creature *xala (“typhon, hail-bringer”) and possibly Armenian խաղ (xał, “marsh; impure, dirty”) (the later rejected by Vasmer). Berneker further adds as a potential cognate dialectal Serbo-Croatian ха̏ла (“dirt, grime”). Possibly akin to Lithuanian skaláuti (“to rinse”).
- Trubačev: Compound of *xa- + *lěp-/*lip- (“sticky”) + *-a. First element, perhaps from Proto-Slavic *xati (“to reel, to stagger; to be concerned”), *xajь (“trouble, cumbersome endeavour”). Compare analogous development in Proto-Slavic *metělь, *metělica (“blizzard”) from *mesti (“to sweep, to project”).
Perhaps, parallel to ē-ablauted *šalěpa (“bad weather”), found in dialectal Russian ша́лепа (šálepa), Belarusian ша́ліпа (šálipa).
A secondary meaning “trouble, hardship”, attested in Ukrainian and South Russian (Kursk oblast), may have been borrowed independently from Ancient Greek χαλεπός (khalepós, “difficult, harsh”) or has evolved via semantic shift alike Bulgarian несго́да (nesgóda, “trouble, bad luck”) - a negation of earleir *sъgoda (“good weather, proper time”).
Noun
*xalěpa f
- bad weather
- Synonyms: *dъžďь, (South Slavic) *dьrča, (East Slavic) *padorga
- slush, mire
- Synonyms: *slǫkъtь, *kyša
Alternative forms
- *xalipa
- (possibly) *šalěpa
Declension
Declension of *xalěpa (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *xalěpa | *xalěpě | *xalěpy |
Accusative | *xalěpǫ | *xalěpě | *xalěpy |
Genitive | *xalěpy | *xalěpu | *xalěpъ |
Locative | *xalěpě | *xalěpu | *xalěpasъ, *xalěpaxъ* |
Dative | *xalěpě | *xalěpama | *xalěpamъ |
Instrumental | *xalěpojǫ, *xalěpǭ** | *xalěpama | *xalěpamī |
Vocative | *xalěpo | *xalěpě | *xalěpy |
* -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).
** 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: Халѣпъ (Xalěpŭ), Халепа (Xalepa) (personal name)
- Belarusian: ха́лепа (xáljepa), ха́ліпа (xálipa, “sleet”); (dialectal) ха́ляпа (xáljapa, “slush”)
- Russian: ха́лепа (xálepa), ха́липа (xálipa) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ха́лепа (xálepa), ха́липа (xálypa, “bad weather”) (dated)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “халепа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xalěpa? / *xalipa?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 14