Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cělina

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 1

Abstract noun of *cělъ (“whole”) +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*cělina f

1. totality, entirety, integrity

   Coordinate terms: *cělostь, *cělota

2. continuum

Declension

Declension of *cělina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*cělina	*cělině	*cěliny
genitive	*cěliny	*cělinu	*cělinъ
dative	*cělině	*cělinama	*cělinamъ
accusative	*cělinǫ	*cělině	*cěliny
instrumental	*cělinojǫ, *cělinǫ**	*cělinama	*cělinami
locative	*cělině	*cělinu	*cělinasъ, *cělinaxъ*
vocative	*cělino	*cělině	*cěliny

^* -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

• *cěla (“chunk”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: целина́ (celiná) (formal, rare)
  • Macedonian: целина (celina)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: целѝна, цјелѝна

    Latin script: celìna, cjelìna

  • Slovene: celína (tonal orthography) (formal, rare)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: celina
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: cylina

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cělina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 177

Etymology 2

Collective noun from *cělěti (“to mend, to preserve”) +‎ *-ina, homomorphous with Etymology 1.

Noun

*cělina f

1. virgin, untilled land

   Synonym: (partially) *lędo

Declension

Declension of *cělina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*cělina	*cělině	*cěliny
genitive	*cěliny	*cělinu	*cělinъ
dative	*cělině	*cělinama	*cělinamъ
accusative	*cělinǫ	*cělině	*cěliny
instrumental	*cělinojǫ, *cělinǫ**	*cělinama	*cělinami
locative	*cělině	*cělinu	*cělinasъ, *cělinaxъ*
vocative	*cělino	*cělině	*cěliny

^* -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

• *cělica (“untilled land”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: цѐлица
• *cělizna (“untilled land”)
  • Old Church Slavonic: цѣлизна (cělizna)
• *cělьcь (“intact piece, state”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: цаліна́ (caliná)
  • Russian: целина́ (celiná)
  • Belarusian: цілина́ (ciliná)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: целина́ (celiná) (dialectal)
    • → Romanian: țelină
  • Slovene: celína (tonal orthography) (standard)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: celina

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “челизна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress