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Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *božьnica, equivalent to богъ (bogŭ) + -ьница (-ĭnica). Cognate with Czech božnica (“temple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔʑɪˈnit͡sʲɑ/→/bɔʑɪˈnʲit͡sʲa/→/bɔːʑˈnʲit͡sʲa/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɔʑɪˈnit͡sʲɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bɔʑɪˈnʲit͡sʲa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bɔːʑˈnʲit͡sʲa/
Noun
божьница (božĭnica) f (related adjective божьничнꙑи)
- Synonym of цьркꙑ (cĭrky, “church”)
Declension
Declension of божьница (soft a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “божьница, бозьница”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 141
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “божница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 229