balovanije

balii `physician' [m iā];

bali (Cloz.) `physician' [m iā] \{1\}

bali (OSln.: FrD) `healer, Saviour' [m iā]

balii `physician, enchanter' [m iā];

balija `physician, enchanter' [m iā]

IE meaning: enchanter

Comments: There is no direct evidence for a suffix *dʰl-ьji-, but the form bali from the Freising Fragments could be regarded as counter-evidence, as dl is regularly retained in this dialect, cf. modliti. It is not impossible, however, that bali is of Church Slavic origin. Trubačëv bases his reconstructions *badlьji and *badlovati chiefly on derivatives of the type of OCz. předlí `spinster', švadlí `needlewoman'. According to the ESSJa (I 137-138), further evidence for a suffix *-dʰl- is provided by SCr. bȁjalo m. `sorcerer', Ru. dial. bájala m.f. `talker, chatterer, story-teller', which may be transformations of *badlьji. Meillet's idea (1902-1905: I 417) that * bali is based on a derivative in -l- deserves consideration.

\{1\} Cf. balovanije `treatment', balьstvo `cure, medicine'.

ubalovati `cure' [verb] \{1\}

IE meaning: enchant

Comments: See -> * badli.

\{1\} Cf. balovanije `treatment', balьstvo `cure, medicine'.