Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni

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 +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*bogyni f

1. goddess

Declension

Declension of *bogyni (ī-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bogyni	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇
Accusative	*bogyňǫ	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇
Genitive	*bogyňę̇	*bogyňu	*bogyňь
Locative	*bogyňi	*bogyňu	*bogyňasъ, *bogyňaxъ*
Dative	*bogyňi	*bogyňama	*bogyňamъ
Instrumental	*bogyňejǫ, *bogyňǫ**	*bogyňama	*bogyňami
Vocative	*bogyňe	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇

^* -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: богꙑни (bogyni)
    • Old Ruthenian: богинꙗ (bohinja)
      • Belarusian: багі́ня (bahínja)
      • Ukrainian: боги́ня (bohýnja)
    • Russian: боги́ня (bogínja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrilic: богꙑни (bogyni)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱁⰳⱏⰺⱀⰹ (bogyni)

  • Bulgarian: боги́ня (bogínja)
  • Macedonian: богиња (boginja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: бо̀гиња

    Latin: bòginja

  • Slovene: bogínja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bohyni
    • Czech: bohyně
  • Old Polish: bogini
    • Polish: bogini
  • Slovak: bohyňa

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бог”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress