Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnikъ

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

• *bъčelьnikъ (ESSJa, Sławski)

Etymology

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

Noun

*bьčelьnikъ m

1. beehive, apiary
2. beekeeper

Declension

Declension of *bьčelьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bьčelьnikъ	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьnici
genitive	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnikъ
dative	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnikoma	*bьčelьnikomъ
accusative	*bьčelьnikъ	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьniky
instrumental	*bьčelьnikъmь, *bьčelьnikomь*	*bьčelьnikoma	*bьčelьniky
locative	*bьčelьnicě	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnicěxъ
vocative	*bьčelьniče	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *бьчельникъ (*bĭčelĭnikŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *бчольникъ (*bčolʹnik), пчелникъ (pčelnik)
      • Belarusian: пчальни́к (pčalʹník); пчэ́льнык (pčélʹnyk), пчо́льник (pčólʹnik) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: пчільни́к (pčilʹnýk) (dialectal)
    • Russian: пче́льник (pčélʹnik)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бъчельникъ (bŭčelĭnikŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⱍⰵⰾⱐⱀⰻⰽⱏ (bŭčelĭnikŭ)

    • Bulgarian: пче́лник (pčélnik)
    • Macedonian: пчелник (pčelnik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пчелник

    Latin script: pčelnik

  • Slovene: čebẹ̑lnik (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: včelník
    • Czech: včelník
  • Kashubian: pszczelnik
  • Old Polish: pczelnik
    • Polish: pszczelnik; pczelnik (archaic); pszczolnik (dialectal)
  • Slovak: včelník
  • Sorbian:
    • Old Sorbian: *bčelnik
      • Lower Sorbian: šelnik
      • Upper Sorbian: pčólnik