желꙗ
Old East Slavic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *gḗlˀis, *gḗlˀāˀ, akin to Proto-Slavic *žalь and Czech žel. Academician B. A. Rybakov, following S. A. Gedeonov, compared Желя from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" with the Czech goddess Zelu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editжелꙗ (želja) f
Declension
editDeclension of желꙗ (soft a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | желꙗ želja |
жели želi |
желѣ želě |
Genitive | желѣ želě |
желю želju |
жель želĭ |
Dative | жели želi |
желꙗма željama |
желꙗмъ željamŭ |
Accusative | желѭ željǫ |
жели želi |
желѣ želě |
Instrumental | желеѭ želejǫ |
желꙗма željama |
желꙗми željami |
Locative | жели želi |
желю želju |
желꙗхъ željaxŭ |
Vocative | желе žele |
жели želi |
желѣ želě |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “желѩ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 854