jьlъ

jьlъ Grammatical information: m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `silt, clay'

Page in Trubačev: VIII 221-222

Church Slavic:

ilъ `bog' [m o]

Russian:

il `silt' [m o]

Czech:

jíl `silt, clay' [m o]

Slovak:

íl `silt, clay' [m o];

il (arch.) `silt, clay' [m o]

Polish:

iɫ `clay, natural dampness of earth' [m o];

jeɫ (dial.) `clay, natural dampness of earth' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

il (arch., obs.) `clay' [m o];

jȉlo (Cres) `silt, clay' [n o];

Čak. ȉlo (Vrgada) `entrails of an octopus or cuttlefish' [n o];

Čak. jȉlo (Novi) `clay with water' [m o]

Slovene:

íɫ `loam, clay' [m o], íla [Gens];

ilọ `loam, clay' [m o];

jilọ `loam, clay' [m o]

Latvian:

īls `very dark' [adj o]

Indo-European reconstruction: (H)iHl-u-

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Other cognates:

Gk. ἰ̑λῡς `mud, slime' [f];

Gk. εἰλύ (Hes.) `black' [Nomsn adj]