Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boľьnica

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

Noun

*boľьnica f[1]

  1. alternative reconstruction of *bolьnica (“sick woman”)

Inflection

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).

References

  1. ^ 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
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