Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božьnica
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *božьnica (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *božьnica | *božьnici | *božьnicę̇ |
genitive | *božьnicę̇ | *božьnicu | *božьnicь |
dative | *božьnici | *božьnicama | *božьnicamъ |
accusative | *božьnicǫ | *božьnici | *božьnicę̇ |
instrumental | *božьnicejǫ, *božьnicǫ** | *božьnicama | *božьnicami |
locative | *božьnici | *božьnicu | *božьnicasъ, *božьnicaxъ* |
vocative | *božьnice | *božьnici | *božьnicę̇ |
* -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]References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 229
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “božьnica”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 345