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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnica

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *bъčelьnica (ESSJa, Sławski)[1][2]

Etymology

From *bьčelьnъ (“related to bees”) +‎ *-ica, from *bьčelà (“bee”).

Noun

*bьčelьnica f[1][2]

  1. beehive, apiary

Declension
Declension of *bьčelьnica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bьčelьnica *bьčelьnici *bьčelьnicę̇
genitive *bьčelьnicę̇ *bьčelьnicu *bьčelьnicь
dative *bьčelьnici *bьčelьnicama *bьčelьnicamъ
accusative *bьčelьnicǫ *bьčelьnici *bьčelьnicę̇
instrumental *bьčelьnicejǫ, *bьčelьnicǫ** *bьčelьnicama *bьčelьnicami
locative *bьčelьnici *bьčelьnicu *bьčelьnicasъ, *bьčelьnicaxъ*
vocative *bьčelьnice *bьčelьnici *bьčelьnicę̇
* -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: *бьчельница (*bĭčelĭnica)
      • Old Ruthenian: *бчольница (*bčolʹnica), пчолница (pčolnica), пчелница (pčelnica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: čebẹ̑lnica (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: včelnice
    • Slovak: včelnica
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: colnica; pcolnica, pcelnica (archaic, dialectal)
      • Upper Sorbian: pčólnica

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bъčelьnъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 458: “2. -ica”
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