-ьница

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnica, itself from *-ьnъ + *-ica, morphologically equivalent to -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Suffix

-ьница • (-ĭnica) f

  1. female equivalent of -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ)
    ‎повар҄ь (povarʹĭ, “cook”) + ‎-ьница (-ĭnica) → ‎повар҄ьница (povarʹĭnica, “kitchen”)

Declension

Declension of -ьница (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative -ьница
-ĭnica 		-ьници
-ĭnici 		-ьницѧ
-ĭnicę
genitive -ьницѧ
-ĭnicę 		-ьницоу
-ĭnicu 		-ьниць
-ĭnicĭ
dative -ьници
-ĭnici 		-ьницама
-ĭnicama 		-ьницамъ
-ĭnicamŭ
accusative -ьницѫ
-ĭnicǫ 		-ьници
-ĭnici 		-ьницѧ
-ĭnicę
instrumental -ьницеѭ
-ĭnicejǫ 		-ьницама
-ĭnicama 		-ьницами
-ĭnicami
locative -ьници
-ĭnici 		-ьницоу
-ĭnicu 		-ьницахъ
-ĭnicaxŭ
vocative -ьнице
-ĭnice 		-ьници
-ĭnici 		-ьницѧ
-ĭnicę

Derived terms

Old Church Slavonic terms suffixed with -ьница
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