Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bylьje

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

Derivative of *byti.

Noun

*bylьje n

herb
medicine (secondary)

Inflection

Declension of *bylьje (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja
Accusative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja
Genitive	*bylьja	*bylьju	*bylьjь
Locative	*bylьji	*bylьju	*bylьjixъ
Dative	*bylьju	*bylьjema	*bylьjemъ
Instrumental	bylьjьmь, bylьjemь^*	*bylьjema	*bylьji
Vocative	*bylьje	*bylьji	*bylьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: быльё (bylʹjó, “grass”) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: би́лля (býllja, “stalk”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: былие (bylie, “grass, herb, drug”)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱏⰹⰾⰻⰵ (bylie)
- Bulgarian: би́ле (bíle)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: би̑ље (“vegetation”)
  
  Latin: bȋlje
- Slovene: bȋlje (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: býlí (“weed grass”)
- Old Polish: byle (“bush”)
- Slovak: býlie

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bylьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “быльё”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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