Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From 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

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Noun

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желꙗ (željaf

  1. complaint, crying
    За нимъ кликну Карна, и Жля поскочи по Руской земли смагу мычючи въ пламянѣ розѣ

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References

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  • 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
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