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).

  • *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).

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

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
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