Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božьnica

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 *božьnъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*božьnica f^[1]^[2] (North Slavic)

temple
Synonym: *cь̀rky

Declension

Declension of *božьnica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*božьnica	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇
genitive	*božьnicę̇	*božьnicu	*božьnicь
dative	*božьnici	*božьnicama	*božьnicamъ
accusative	*božьnicǫ	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇
instrumental	božьnicejǫ, božьnicǫ^**	*božьnicama	*božьnicami
locative	*božьnici	*božьnicu	božьnicasъ, božьnicaxъ^*
vocative	*božьnice	*božьnici	*božьnicę̇

^* -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: божьница (božĭnica), бозьница (bozĭnica)
  - Old Ruthenian: божни́ца (božníca), божни́цꙗ (božnícja)
    - Belarusian: (obsolete) бажні́ца (bažníca)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: божни́ця (božnýcja)
    - Ukrainian: божни́ця (božnýcja); (dialectal) біжни́ця (bižnýcja)
  - Russian: божни́ца (božníca)
  - → Latvian: baznīca
  - → Latgalian: bazneica
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: božnicě
  - Czech: božnice
- Old Polish: bóżnica
  - Polish: bożnica, bóźnica, bóżnica
- Slovak: božnica (dialectal)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: bóżnica
  - Slovincian: bóżnjica

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 229
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “božьnica”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 345

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 229

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “božьnica”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 345

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