Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/topolь

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

topolь

Etymology

Unknown, possibly the same as Latin pōpulus.

Noun

*topolь m

poplar

Inflection

Declension of *topolь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*topolь	*topoli	topolьje, topoľe^*
Accusative	*topolь	*topoli	*topoli
Genitive	*topoli	topolьju, topoľu^*	topolьjь, topoli^*
Locative	*topoli	topolьju, topoľu^*	*topolьxъ
Dative	*topoli	*topolьma	*topolьmъ
Instrumental	*topolьmь	*topolьma	*topolьmi
Vocative	*topoli	*topoli	topolьje, topoľe^*

^* 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).

Alternative forms

*topoľa

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тополь (topolĭ)
  - Belarusian: тапо́ля (tapólja), то́паль (tópalʹ)
  - Russian: то́поль (tópolʹ)
  - Ukrainian: топо́ля (topólja)

West Slavic:
- Czech: topol
- Polish: topola
- Slovak: topoľ
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: topoł
  - Upper Sorbian: topoł

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: тополь (topolĭ)
- Bulgarian: топо́ла (topóla)
- Macedonian: топола (topola)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: топо̀ла
  
  Latin: topòla
- Slovene: topol, topola

Names:

Bulgarian: Топола (Topola, “a village at the northern coast of Bulgaria”)
⇒ Macedonian: Тополовиќ (Topoloviḱ, “a village in Macedonia”)
⇒ Byzantine Greek: Τοπολοβίκος (Topolobíkos, “a beck south of Αγία Βαρβάρα (Agía Varvára)”)
Czech: Topol (“a part of the town of Chrudim in Czechia”)
Ukrainian: Тополя (Topolja) / Slovak: Topoľa (“a village in the far east of Slovakia”)
Ukrainian: Тополя (Topolja, “two villages in the north of Ukraine”)

🖝 See Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia on “Topolje” for many more in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia.
🖝 See Polish Wikipedia on “Topola” for many places of this name in Poland.

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