Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božьnica

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 *božьnъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*božьnica f (North Slavic)

1. temple

   Synonym: *cь̀rky

Declension

Declension of *božьnica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*božьnica	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇
genitive	*božьnicę̇	*božьnicu	*božьnicь
dative	*božьnici	*božьnicama	*božьnicamъ
accusative	*božьnicǫ	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇
instrumental	*božьnicejǫ, *božьnicǫ**	*božьnicama	*božьnicami
locative	*božьnici	*božьnicu	*božьnicasъ, *božьnicaxъ*
vocative	*božьnice	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇

^* -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: божьница (božĭnica), бозьница (bozĭnica)
    • Old Ruthenian: божни́ца (božníca), божни́цꙗ (božnícja)
      • Belarusian: (obsolete) бажні́ца (bažníca)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: божни́ця (božnýcja)
      • Ukrainian: божни́ця (božnýcja); (dialectal) біжни́ця (bižnýcja)
    • Russian: божни́ца (božníca)
    • → Latvian: baznīca
    • → Latgalian: bazneica
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: božnicě
    • Czech: božnice
  • Old Polish: bóżnica
    • Polish: bożnica, bóźnica, bóżnica
  • Slovak: božnica (dialectal)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: bóżnica
    • Slovincian: bóżnjica