Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělina
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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
Noun
*bělina f
Declension
Declension of *bělina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bělina | *bělině | *běliny |
| genitive | *běliny | *bělinu | *bělinъ |
| dative | *bělině | *bělinama | *bělinamъ |
| accusative | *bělinǫ | *bělině | *běliny |
| instrumental | *bělinojǫ, *bělinǫ** | *bělinama | *bělinami |
| locative | *bělině | *bělinu | *bělinasъ, *bělinaxъ* |
| vocative | *bělino | *bělině | *běliny |
* -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).
** 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:
- Russian: бели́на (belína) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 66