Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlěbьnica

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 *xlě̀bьnъ +‎ *-ica, from *xlě̀bъ.

Noun

*xlě̀bьnica f

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Declension

Declension of *xlě̀bьnica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xlě̀bьnica	*xlě̀bьnici	*xlě̀bьnicę̇
genitive	*xlě̀bьnicę̇	*xlě̀bьnicu	*xlě̀bьnicь
dative	*xlě̀bьnicī	*xlě̀bьnicama	*xlě̀bьnicāmъ
accusative	*xlě̀bьnicǫ	*xlě̀bьnici	*xlě̀bьnicę̇
instrumental	xlě̀bьnicējǫ, xlě̀bьnicǭ^*	*xlě̀bьnicama	*xlě̀bьnicāmī
locative	*xlě̀bьnicī	*xlě̀bьnicu	*xlě̀bьnicāsъ
vocative	*xlě̀bьnice	*xlě̀bьnici	*xlě̀bьnicę̇

^* 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: хлѣбьница (xlěbĭnica)
  - Belarusian: хле́бніца (xljébnica)
  - Russian: хле́бница (xlébnica)
  - Ukrainian: хлі́бниця (xlíbnycja)
South Slavic:
- Old Bulgarian: хлѣ́бница (hlě́bnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хле̏бница, хље̏бница
  
  Latin script: hlȅbnica, hljȅbnica
- Slovene: hlẹ̑bnica (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chlebnice
- Polish: chlebnica
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: chlěbnica