Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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:
  • Belarusian: багі́ня (bahínja)
  • Russian: боги́ня (bogínja)
  • Ukrainian: боги́ня (bohýnja)
• 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
  • Polish: bogini
  • Slovak: bohyňa

References

• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975) , “*bogyni”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 163
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “бог”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress