Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boltina
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From *bolto (“swamp”) + *-ina (denotes locations endowed with characteristics typical for a more particular phenomenon).
Noun edit
*boltina f
Declension edit
Declension of *boltina (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *boltina | *boltině | *boltiny |
genitive | *boltiny | *boltinu | *boltinъ |
dative | *boltině | *boltinama | *boltinamъ |
accusative | *boltinǫ | *boltině | *boltiny |
instrumental | *boltinojǫ, *boltinǫ** | *boltinama | *boltinami |
locative | *boltině | *boltinu | *boltinasъ, *boltinaxъ* |
vocative | *boltino | *boltině | *boltiny |
* -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).
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boltina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 179