Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolzina

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 *balźeinas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell, to bulge”). Cognate with Latvian bàlziêns (“cross-beam”), Lithuanian balžíenas (“cross-beam”), Old Prussian balsinis (“cushion”), pobalso (“bolster”).

Noun

*bolzìna f

1. beam, board (used for support)

   Synonyms: *dъska, *gręda

2. (figurative) cushion, pillow

Inflection

Declension of *bolzìna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bolzìna	*bolzině	*bolziny
genitive	*bolziny	*bolzinu	*bolzinъ
dative	*bolzině	*bolzinama	*bolzinamъ
accusative	*bolzinǫ	*bolzině	*bolziny
instrumental	*bolzinojǫ, *bolzinǫ**	*bolzinama	*bolzinami
locative	*bolzině	*bolzinu	*bolzinasъ, *bolzinaxъ*
vocative	*bolzìno	*bolzině	*bolziny

^* -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).

Related terms

• *bolzьno, *bolzьmo (“supporting board”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бла̀зина

    Latin script: blàzina

  • Slovene: blazína

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolzina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 183