Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělьcь

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

Etymology

From *bělъ (“white”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*bělьcь m

1. bleach
2. white person (or another agent)

Inflection

Declension of *bělьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bělьcь	*bělьca	*bělьci
genitive	*bělьca	*bělьcu	*bělьcь
dative	*bělьcu	*bělьcema	*bělьcemъ
accusative	*bělьcь	*bělьca	*bělьcę̇
instrumental	*bělьcьmь, *bělьcemь*	*bělьcema	*bělьci
locative	*bělьci	*bělьcu	*bělьcixъ
vocative	*bělьče	*bělьca	*bělьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: белец (belec) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: белец (belec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бе́лац, бије́лац

    Latin script: bélac, bijélac

    • Chakavian (Crikvenica): bēlȁc (“sardine”)
    • Chakavian (Brusje): bīlȁc
    • Kajkavian (Varaždin): bẹ̃lȩc (“white horse”)
  • Slovene: bȇlec
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bělec

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 85