Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnikъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

*bъčelьnikъ (ESSJa, Sławski)^[1]^[2]

Etymology

From *bьčelьnъ (“related to bees”) +‎ *-ikъ, from *bьčelà (“bee”).

Noun

*bьčelьnikъ m^[1]^[2]

beehive, apiary
beekeeper

Declension

Declension of *bьčelьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bьčelьnikъ	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьnici
genitive	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnikъ
dative	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnikoma	*bьčelьnikomъ
accusative	*bьčelьnikъ	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьniky
instrumental	bьčelьnikъmь, bьčelьnikomь^*	*bьčelьnikoma	*bьčelьniky
locative	*bьčelьnicě	*bьčelьniku	*bьčelьnicěxъ
vocative	*bьčelьniče	*bьčelьnika	*bьčelьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *бьчельникъ (*bĭčelĭnikŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: *бчольникъ (*bčolʹnik), пчелникъ (pčelnik)
    - Belarusian: пчальни́к (pčalʹník); пчэ́льнык (pčélʹnyk), пчо́льник (pčólʹnik) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: пчільни́к (pčilʹnýk) (dialectal)
  - Russian: пче́льник (pčélʹnik)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бъчельникъ (bŭčelĭnikŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⱍⰵⰾⱐⱀⰻⰽⱏ (bŭčelĭnikŭ)
  - Bulgarian: пче́лник (pčélnik)
  - Macedonian: пчелник (pčelnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пчелник
  
  Latin script: pčelnik
- Slovene: čebẹ̑lnik (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: včelník
- Kashubian: pszczelnik
- Old Polish: pczelnik
  - Polish: pszczelnik; pczelnik (archaic); pszczolnik (dialectal)
- Slovak: včelník
- Sorbian:
  - Old Sorbian: *bčelnik
    - Lower Sorbian: šelnik
    - Upper Sorbian: pčólnik

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bъčelьnъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 457: “1. -ikъ”

[ESSJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 106

[SP-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bъčelьnъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 457: “1. -ikъ”

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