Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂ós, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”).

Noun

*bòjь or *bȍjь m

1. battle, fight

   Synonym: *bitva

Inflection

Declension of *bòjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bòjь	*bojà	*bojì
genitive	*bojà	*bojù	*bòjь
dative	*bojù	*bojèma	*bòjemъ
accusative	*bòjь	*bojà	*boję̇̀
instrumental	*bojь̀mь, *bojèmь*	*bojèma	*bòji
locative	*bojì	*bojù	*bòjixъ
vocative	*boju	*bojà	*bojì

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

Declension of *bȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȍjь	*bȍja	*bȍji
genitive	*bȍja	*bojù	*bòjь
dative	*bȍju	*bojemà	*bojèmъ
accusative	*bȍjь	*bȍja	*bȍję̇
instrumental	*bȍjьmь, *bȍjemь*	*bojemà	*bojí
locative	*bȍji	*bojù	*bojĩxъ
vocative	*boju	*bȍja	*bȍji

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

Derived terms

• *Bojeslavъ
• *bojevati
  • *bojevьnikъ
• *bojevъ
• *bojišče
• *bojьcь / *bojьca
• *Bojьmirъ
• *bojьnъ
  • *bojьnica
  • *bojьnikъ

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: бои (boi)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бои (boi)
    • Old Ruthenian: бой (boj), бѡй (bôj)
      • Belarusian: бой (boj)
      • Ukrainian: бій (bij)
    • Russian: бой (boj)
  • Old Novgorodian: бои (boi)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бой (boj)
  • Macedonian: бој (boj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̑ј

    Latin script: bȏj

  • Slovene: bòj
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: boj
    • Czech: boj
  • Polabian: büj
  • Polish: bój
  • Slovak: boj
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bój
    • Lower Sorbian: bój

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “бой”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 167
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “бой”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa