Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bukъvica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

*buky, bukъvь (“beech”) +‎ *-ica

Noun

*bukъvica f

1. beechnut
2. small letter, tiny representation of a sign in writing
3. cowslip-primrose (Primula veris)
4. betony (Stachys officinalis)

Inflection

Declension of *bukъvica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bukъvica	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇
genitive	*bukъvicę̇	*bukъvicu	*bukъvicь
dative	*bukъvici	*bukъvicama	*bukъvicamъ
accusative	*bukъvicǫ	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇
instrumental	*bukъvicejǫ, *bukъvicǫ**	*bukъvicama	*bukъvicami
locative	*bukъvici	*bukъvicu	*bukъvicasъ, *bukъvicaxъ*
vocative	*bukъvice	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бу́квіца (búkvica)
  • Russian: бу́квица (búkvica)
  • Ukrainian: бу́квиця (búkvycja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бу́квица (búkvica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бу̏квица

    Latin script: bȕkvica

  • Slovene: bȗkvica
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bukvice
  • Old Polish: bukwica
    • Polish: bukwica
  • Slovak: bukvica
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bukwica
    • Upper Sorbian: bukwica

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъvica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 91