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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
  • *cěla (chunk)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
  • 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
  • *cělica (untilled land)
    • Serbo-Croatian: цѐлица
  • *cělizna (untilled land)
    • Old Church Slavonic: цѣлизна (cělizna)
  • *cělьcь (intact piece, state)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: цаліна́ (caliná)
    • Russian: целина́ (celiná)
    • Belarusian: цілина́ (ciliná)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

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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