Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolnьje

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 *bolnъ +‎ *-ьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *balˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolHnis.

Noun

*bolnьje n[1]

  1. marsh, lawn
  2. lump of slime

Declension

Declension of *bolnьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bolnьje *bolnьji *bolnьja
genitive *bolnьja *bolnьju *bolnьjь
dative *bolnьju *bolnьjema *bolnьjemъ
accusative *bolnьje *bolnьji *bolnьja
instrumental *bolnьjьmь, *bolnьjemь* *bolnьjema *bolnьji
locative *bolnьji *bolnьju *bolnьjixъ
vocative *bolnьje *bolnьji *bolnьja

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: болонье (bolonĭje)
      • Belarusian: баланье́ (balanʹjé) (dialectal)
      • Russian: бало́нье (balónʹje) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: боло́ня (bolónja), боло́ніе (bolónie), болонь (bolonʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бланица (blanica) (diminutive)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolnьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 54

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bolnьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53:n. io