Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boľьnica
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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
[edit]Noun
[edit]*boľьnica f[1]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *boľьnica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *boľьnica | *boľьnici | *boľьnicę̇ |
| genitive | *boľьnicę̇ | *boľьnicu | *boľьnicь |
| dative | *boľьnici | *boľьnicama | *boľьnicamъ |
| accusative | *boľьnicǫ | *boľьnici | *boľьnicę̇ |
| instrumental | *boľьnicejǫ, *boľьnicǫ** | *boľьnicama | *boľьnicami |
| locative | *boľьnici | *boľьnicu | *boľьnicasъ, *boľьnicaxъ* |
| vocative | *boľьnice | *boľьnici | *boľьnicę̇ |
* -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).
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boľьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 194