Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni

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 *bogъ +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*bogyni f

goddess

Declension

Declension of *bogyni (ī-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bogyni	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇
genitive	*bogyňę̇	*bogyňu	*bogyňь
dative	*bogyňi	*bogyňama	*bogyňamъ
accusative	*bogyňǫ	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇
instrumental	bogyňejǫ, bogyňǫ^**	*bogyňama	*bogyňami
locative	*bogyňi	*bogyňu	bogyňasъ, bogyňaxъ^*
vocative	*bogyňe	*bogyňi	*bogyňę̇

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: богꙑни (bogyni)
  - Old Ruthenian: богинѧ (bohinja)
    - Belarusian: багі́ня (bahínja)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: богы́ня (bohŷ́nja)
    - Ukrainian: боги́ня (bohýnja)
  - Russian: боги́ня (bogínja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrilic: богꙑни (bogyni)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱁⰳⱏⰺⱀⰹ (bogyni)
- Bulgarian: боги́ня (bogínja)
- Macedonian: богиња (boginja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бо̀гиња
  
  Latin script: bòginja
- Slovene: bogínja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bohyni
  - Czech: bohyně
- Old Polish: bogini
  - Polish: bogini
- Slovak: bohyňa

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress