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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěnь

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

Alternative forms
  • *glěnъ m

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gláiˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁i-ni-s, from *gleh₁y-.[1]

Noun

*glěnь f [1]

  1. clay, loam

Inflection
Declension of *glěnь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *glěnь *glěni *glěni
Accusative *glěnь *glěni *glěni
Genitive *glěni *glěnьju, *glěňu* *glěnьjь, *glěni*
Locative *glěni *glěnьju, *glěňu* *glěnьxъ
Dative *glěni *glěnьma *glěnьmъ
Instrumental *glěnьjǫ, *glěňǫ* *glěnьma *glěnьmi
Vocative *glěni *glěni *glěni
* 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: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
    • Russian: глень f (glenʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Russian Church Slavonic: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
    • Bulgarian: глен f (glen) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: glę̂n m
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hlen m
    • Old Polish: glan m
      • Polish: glon m, glán (dialectal)
    • Slovak: hlien m
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: hlen m

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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