Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělica
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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]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
*bělica f
Declension[edit]
Declension of *bělica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bělica | *bělici | *bělicę̇ |
| genitive | *bělicę̇ | *bělicu | *bělicь |
| dative | *bělici | *bělicama | *bělicamъ |
| accusative | *bělicǫ | *bělici | *bělicę̇ |
| instrumental | *bělicejǫ, *bělicǫ** | *bělicama | *bělicami |
| locative | *bělici | *bělicu | *bělicasъ, *bělicaxъ* |
| vocative | *bělice | *bělici | *bělicę̇ |
* -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]
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: belcë
References[edit]
- ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “бѣлица”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 147
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64