Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolnьje

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 *bolnъ +‎ *-ьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *balˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolHnis.

Noun

*bolnьje n

1. marsh, lawn
2. lump of slime

Declension

Declension of *bolnьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bolnьje	*bolnьji	*bolnьja
genitive	*bolnьja	*bolnьju	*bolnьjь
dative	*bolnьju	*bolnьjema	*bolnьjemъ
accusative	*bolnьje	*bolnьji	*bolnьja
instrumental	*bolnьjьmь, *bolnьjemь*	*bolnьjema	*bolnьji
locative	*bolnьji	*bolnьju	*bolnьjixъ
vocative	*bolnьje	*bolnьji	*bolnьja

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: болонье (bolonĭje)
    • Belarusian: баланье́ (balanʹjé) (dialectal)
    • Russian: бало́нье (balónʹje) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: боло́ня (bolónja), боло́ніе (bolónie), болонь (bolonʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: бланица (blanica) (diminutive)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bláně (archaic)
  • Polabian: blånĕ
  • Polish: błonie

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolnьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 54