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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božiťь

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 *bogъ (“god”) +‎ *-iťь (diminutive suffix). Later generalized as the name for Christmas among South Slavs.

Noun

*božìťь m[1]

  1. (literally) juvenile god
    → God's son

Alternative forms
  • *božьcь, *božikъ, *božičь

Inflection
Declension of *božiťь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *božiťь *božiťa *božiťi
genitive *božiťa *božiťu *božiťь
dative *božiťu *božiťema *božiťemъ
accusative *božiťь *božiťa *božiťę̇
instrumental *božiťьmь, *božiťemь* *božiťema *božiťi
locative *božiťi *božiťu *božiťixъ
vocative *božiťu *božiťa *božiťi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
  • *bogъ m (“god”), *bogyni f (“goddess”)
  • *božьstvo (“deity”)
  • *bogatъ (“rich, prosperous”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: Бо́жич (Bóžič, “Christmas”) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: Божиќ (Božiḱ, “Christmas”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: Бо̀жић (“Christmas”)
      Latin script: Bòžić (“Christmas”)
    • Slovene: bóžič (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: božic
    • Old Polish: Bożyc

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božitjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 228

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “bóžič”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Slovan. *boži̋t'ь”
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