Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolina

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *dolъ +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*dolina f

  1. valley

Declension

Declension of *dolina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dolina *dolině *doliny
genitive *doliny *dolinu *dolinъ
dative *dolině *dolinama *dolinamъ
accusative *dolinǫ *dolině *doliny
instrumental *dolinojǫ, *dolinǫ** *dolinama *dolinami
locative *dolině *dolinu *dolinasъ, *dolinaxъ*
vocative *dolino *dolině *doliny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
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