Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫdolь

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

*ǫdolъ m

Etymology

*ǫdolь:

Per Boryś: From *on (“in”) +‎ *dolъ (“bottom”) +‎ *-ь (“something”)
See also *ǫdolьje, Upper Sorbian wudolina[1].

*ǫdolъ:

Per Boryś: From *on (“in”) +‎ *dolъ (“bottom”) +‎ *-ъ (“something”)
Per Vasmer: From *ǫ- +‎ *dolъ
See also *jьzokъ, *orzokъ, *bezdъnъ.

Noun

*ǫdolь f

glen, dale, ravine, cloof
Synonym: *ǫdolьje

Declension

Declension of *ǫdolь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ǫdolь	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli
Accusative	*ǫdolь	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli
Genitive	*ǫdoli	ǫdolьju, ǫdoľu^*	ǫdolьjь, ǫdoli^*
Locative	*ǫdoli	ǫdolьju, ǫdoľu^*	*ǫdolьxъ
Dative	*ǫdoli	*ǫdolьma	*ǫdolьmъ
Instrumental	ǫdolьjǫ, ǫdoľǫ^*	*ǫdolьma	*ǫdolьmi
Vocative	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli	*ǫdoli

^* 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

*nadolъ
*odolьje
*orzdolь / *orzdolъ
*orzdolьje

Descendants

Church Slavonic ѫдолъ (ǫdolŭ), ѫдоль (ǫdolĭ) (Serbian)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: удолъ (udolŭ), удоль (udolĭ)
  - Russian: удо́л m (udól)[2][3], удо́ль f (udólʹ)[4]
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ѫдоль f (ǫdolĭ, “valley”)
  - → Russian: юдоль (judolʹ) (archaic)
- Slovene: odol m (“valley”)[5]
West Slavic:
- Czech: údol m
- Kashubian: vǫdȯł
- Old Polish: wądół (wądol/vadol/wødol/wandolow)[6][7]
  - Polish: wądół m, wędół m
- Slovak: údol m
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wudoł m[8]

References

Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “wudolina”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 896
Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2013), “удо́л”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 46, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 309
Dal, Vladimir (1909), “удо́лъ, удо́лье, удо́лище, удо́ль”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4, 3rd edition, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 959
Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2013), “удо́ль”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 46, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 309
Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), “odoł”, in Slovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page 777
S. Urbańczyk, editor (1988), “wądół”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 10, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 54
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “wądół”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “wudoł”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 896

Wiesław Boryś (2021), “Prasłowiańska leksyka topograficzna i hydropgraficzna. 5. Klasyczne prasłowiańskie innowacje leksykalne. *ǫdolъ / *ǫdolь.”, in Rocznik Slawistyczny, volume 70, ?: Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN, page 36
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “удол”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “юдоль”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “юдо́ль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “§2.15а. Вопрос о протетическом [j]”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 53 of 872

[1] Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “wudolina”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 896

[2] Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2013), “удо́л”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 46, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 309

[3] Dal, Vladimir (1909), “удо́лъ, удо́лье, удо́лище, удо́ль”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 4, 3rd edition, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 959

[4] Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2013), “удо́ль”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 46, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 309

[5] Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), “odoł”, in Slovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page 777

[6] S. Urbańczyk, editor (1988), “wądół”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 10, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 54

[7] B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “wądół”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

[8] Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “wudoł”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 896