Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *božьnica, equivalent to богъ (bogŭ) +‎ -ьница (-ĭnica). Cognate with Czech božnica (temple).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɔʑɪˈnit͡sʲɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bɔʑɪˈnʲit͡sʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bɔːʑˈnʲit͡sʲa/
  • Hyphenation: бо‧жь‧ни‧ца

Noun edit

божьница (božĭnicaf (related adjective божьничнꙑи)

  1. Synonym of цьркꙑ (cĭrky, church)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “божьница, бозьница”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, бозьница column 141
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “божница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • 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