Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьcь

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

Agent noun of *bojь (“fight”) +‎ *-ьcь, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”).

Noun

*bojьcь m

1. fighter

Inflection

Declension of *bojьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bojьcь	*bojьca	*bojьci
genitive	*bojьca	*bojьcu	*bojьcь
dative	*bojьcu	*bojьcema	*bojьcemъ
accusative	*bojьcь	*bojьca	*bojьcę̇
instrumental	*bojьcьmь, *bojьcemь*	*bojьcema	*bojьci
locative	*bojьci	*bojьcu	*bojьcixъ
vocative	*bojьče	*bojьca	*bojьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бое́ц (bojéc)
  • Ukrainian: боє́ць (bojécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бое́ц (boéc)
  • Macedonian: боец (boec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̀јац

    Latin script: bòjac

  • Slovene: bȏjec
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bojec (archaic)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojьcь/*bojьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168