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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsli

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 *gǫsti +‎ *-slь. Compare Lithuanian kañklės pl (“kanklės?”) and also Finnish kannel, kantele, Karelian kandelen, Veps kandel, Livonian kandla.

Noun

*gǫ̀sli f pl [1]

  1. gusle, gusli (a type of violin-like stringed musical instrument)

Inflection
Declension of *gǫsli (i-stem, plural only)
Plural
Nominative *gǫsli
Accusative *gǫsli
Genitive *gǫslьjь, *gǫsli*
Locative *gǫslьxъ
Dative *gǫslьmъ
Instrumental *gǫslьmi
Vocative *gǫsli
* 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: гусли (gusli)
      • Belarusian: гу́слі (húsli)
      • Russian: гу́сли (gúsli)
      • Rusyn: гу́слї (húslji)
      • Ukrainian: гу́слі (húsli)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “гусли”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “гусли”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 228
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫslь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 07, Moscow: Nauka, page 84
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “гусли”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gǫsli”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 177; PR 133)”
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