bohyni

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• bohyně (later, the only attested nominative form)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogyni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈboɣɨɲi/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈboɦiɲi/

Noun

bohyni f (masculine bóh)

1. goddess

Declension

Declension of bohyni (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bohyni	bohyni	bohyně
genitive	bohyně	bohyňú	bohyň
dative	bohyni	bohyněma	bohyniem
accusative	bohyňu	bohyni	bohyně
vocative	bohyňe	bohyni	bohyně
locative	bohyni	bohyňú	bohyniech
instrumental	bohyňú	bohyněma	bohyněmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• bóh
• Bóh

 

Descendants

• Czech: bohyně

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bohyni”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění