Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni
Proto-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
*bogyni f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *bogyni (ī-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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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).
** 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).
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
ReferencesEdit
- 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