Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnica

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *bъčelьnica (ESSJa, Sławski)

Etymology

From *bьčelьnъ (“related to bees”) +‎ *-ica, from *bьčelà (“bee”).

Noun

*bьčelьnica f

1. beehive, apiary

Declension

Declension of *bьčelьnica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bьčelьnica	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇
genitive	*bьčelьnicę̇	*bьčelьnicu	*bьčelьnicь
dative	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicama	*bьčelьnicamъ
accusative	*bьčelьnicǫ	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇
instrumental	*bьčelьnicejǫ, *bьčelьnicǫ**	*bьčelьnicama	*bьčelьnicami
locative	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicu	*bьčelьnicasъ, *bьčelьnicaxъ*
vocative	*bьčelьnice	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇

^* -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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *бьчельница (*bĭčelĭnica)
    • Old Ruthenian: *бчольница (*bčolʹnica), пчолница (pčolnica), пчелница (pčelnica)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: čebẹ̑lnica (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: včelnice
  • Slovak: včelnica
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: colnica; pcolnica, pcelnica (archaic, dialectal)
    • Upper Sorbian: pčólnica