столъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⱄⱅⱁⰾⱏ (stolŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stolъ (“table, seat, chair; throne; residence”).

Noun

столъ • (stolŭ) m

1. table, seat
2. throne
   • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:

     Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.

     Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.

     And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.

3. office
   • from Vita Constantini, 0500410-0500420:

     аще можеши юноше съ прѣпрѣти, то пакꙑ столь свои прꙇимеши.

     ašte možeši junoše sŭ prěprěti, to paky stolĭ svoi priimeši.

     If you can prevail over this youth, you will again receive your office.

4. see
   • from Vita Methodii, 1200510-1200540:

     и въ роукоу ѥго соуть отъ бога и отъ апостольскаго стола вьсѧ Словѣньскꙑꙗ странꙑ, да ѥгоже прокльнеть, проклѧтъ, а ѥгоже свѧтить, тъ свѧтъ да боуди.

     i vŭ ruku jego sutĭ otŭ boga i otŭ apostolĭskago stola vĭsę Slověnĭskyja strany, da jegože proklĭnetĭ, proklętŭ, a jegože svętitĭ, tŭ svętŭ da budi.

     And from God and the apostolic see are all the Slavic lands in his hands. Thus, whomever he curses is cursed; but whomever he blesses, may he be blessed.

Declension

Declension of столъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	столъ stolŭ	стола stola	столи stoli
genitive	стола stola	столоу stolu	столъ stolŭ
dative	столоу stolu	столома stoloma	столомъ stolomŭ
accusative	столъ stolŭ	стола stola	столꙑ stoly
instrumental	столомъ stolomŭ	столома stoloma	столꙑ stoly
locative	столѣ stolě	столоу stolu	столѣхъ stolěxŭ
vocative	столе stole	стола stola	столи stoli

Old East Slavic

Столъ (1).

Столъ (2).

Столъ (3).

Столъ (4).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stòlъ (“table, seat, chair; throne; residence”).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈstoːlʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈstoːlʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːl/, /ˈstoːl/
• Hyphenation: сто‧лъ

Noun

столъ (stolŭ) m

1. bench
2. table
3. lectern
4. throne
5. capital
6. power, might

Declension

Declension of столъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	столъ stolŭ	стола stola	столи stoli
Genitive	стола stola	столу stolu	столъ stolŭ
Dative	столу stolu	столома stoloma	столомъ stolomŭ
Accusative	столъ stolŭ	стола stola	столꙑ stoly
Instrumental	столъмь stolŭmĭ	столома stoloma	столꙑ stoly
Locative	столѣ stolě	столу stolu	столѣхъ stolěxŭ
Vocative	столе stole	стола stola	столи stoli

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: столъ (stol)
  • Belarusian: стол (stol)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: стул (stul)
  • Ukrainian: стіл (stil)
• Russian: стол (stol) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Erzya: столь (stoľ)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “столъ”, 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), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 515
• Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 497: “сто́лъ ― stól”

Russian

Noun

столъ • (stol) m inan (genitive стола́, nominative plural столы́, genitive plural столо́въ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of стол (stol).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of столъ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сто́лъ stól	столы́ stolý
genitive	стола́ stolá	столо́въ stolóv
dative	столу́ stolú	стола́мъ stolám
accusative	сто́лъ stól	столы́ stolý
instrumental	столо́мъ stolóm	стола́ми stolámi
prepositional	столѣ́ stolě́	стола́хъ stoláx