Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Noun
*bogyni f
Declension
Declension of *bogyni (ī-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *bogyni | *bogyňi | *bogyňę̇ |
genitive | *bogyňę̇ | *bogyňu | *bogyňь |
dative | *bogyňi | *bogyňama | *bogyňamъ |
accusative | *bogyňǫ | *bogyňi | *bogyňę̇ |
instrumental | *bogyňejǫ, *bogyňǫ** | *bogyňama | *bogyňami |
locative | *bogyňi | *bogyňu | *bogyňasъ, *bogyňaxъ* |
vocative | *bogyňe | *bogyňi | *bogyňę̇ |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress