Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogačь

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 *bogъ +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*bogačь m

1. wealthy man

Inflection

Declension of *bogačь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bogačь	*bogača	*bogači
genitive	*bogača	*bogaču	*bogačь
dative	*bogaču	*bogačema	*bogačemъ
accusative	*bogačь	*bogača	*bogačę̇
instrumental	*bogačьmь, *bogačemь*	*bogačema	*bogači
locative	*bogači	*bogaču	*bogačixъ
vocative	*bogaču	*bogača	*bogači

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

Related terms

• *bogatъ (“wealthy”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бага́ч (baháč)
  • Russian: бога́ч (bogáč)
  • Old Ukrainian: богачъ (bohač)
    • Ukrainian: бага́ч (baháč)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: boháč
  • Old Polish: bogacz
    • Polish: bogacz
    • Silesian: bogŏcz
  • Slovak: boháč
  • Slovincian: bôgócz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bohač
    • Lower Sorbian: bogac

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “богатый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 98
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 157