Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnica
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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[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *bъčelьnica (ESSJa, Sławski)[1][2]
Etymology[edit]
From *bьčelьnъ (“related to bees”) + *-ica, from *bьčelà (“bee”).
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *bьčelьnica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bьčelьnica | *bьčelьnici | *bьčelьnicę̇ |
| genitive | *bьčelьnicę̇ | *bьčelьnicu | *bьčelьnicь |
| dative | *bьčelьnici | *bьčelьnicama | *bьčelьnicamъ |
| accusative | *bьčelьnicǫ | *bьčelьnici | *bьčelьnicę̇ |
| instrumental | *bьčelьnicejǫ, *bьčelьnicǫ** | *bьčelьnicama | *bьčelьnicami |
| locative | *bьčelьnici | *bьčelьnicu | *bьčelьnicasъ, *bьčelьnicaxъ* |
| vocative | *bьčelьnice | *bьčelьnici | *bьčelьnicę̇ |
* -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).
** 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[edit]
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *бьчельница (*bĭčelĭnica)
- Old Ruthenian: *бчольница (*bčolʹnica), пчолница (pčolnica), пчелница (pčelnica)
- Old East Slavic: *бьчельница (*bĭčelĭnica)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: čebẹ̑lnica (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bъčelьnъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 458: “2. -ica”