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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boľьjь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *bel-. Cognate with Sanskrit बलीयस् (bálīyas-), Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn).

Adjective

*boľьjь

  1. bigger, greater; comparative degree of *velьjь

Declension

Antonyms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бо́льшы (bólʹšy, greater) (comparative adjective)
    • Russian: бо́льший (bólʹšij, greater) (comparative adjective) (> back-formed большо́й (bolʹšój, big))
    • Ukrainian: бі́льший (bílʹšyj, greater) (comparative adjective)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: болии (bolii)
    • Bulgarian: боле (bole)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бо̏ље̄ (better)
      Latin: bȍljē (better)
    • Slovene: bọ̑lji, bọ̑ljši (better) (tonal orthography)
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