Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělověža

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

From *bělъ +‎ *-o- +‎ *věža.

Noun edit

*bělověža f

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Inflection edit

Declension of *bělověža (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bělověža	*bělověži	*bělověžę̇
genitive	*bělověžę̇	*bělověžu	*bělověžь
dative	*bělověži	*bělověžama	*bělověžamъ
accusative	*bělověžǫ	*bělověži	*bělověžę̇
instrumental	bělověžejǫ, bělověžǫ^**	*bělověžama	*bělověžami
locative	*bělověži	*bělověžu	bělověžasъ, bělověžaxъ^*
vocative	*bělověže	*bělověži	*bělověžę̇

^* -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).

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Russian: Беловежа (Beloveža, “name of a village on the Narevka river”)
- Ukrainian: Білові́ж (Bilovíž, “name of a village”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: Bělověž
- Polish: Białowieża (“National Park in Poland”)