Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cělina
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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 1
Abstract noun of *cělъ (“whole”) + *-ina.
Noun
*cělina f
Declension
Declension of *cělina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cělina | *cělině | *cěliny |
| genitive | *cěliny | *cělinu | *cělinъ |
| dative | *cělině | *cělinama | *cělinamъ |
| accusative | *cělinǫ | *cělině | *cěliny |
| instrumental | *cělinojǫ, *cělinǫ** | *cělinama | *cělinami |
| locative | *cělině | *cělinu | *cělinasъ, *cělinaxъ* |
| vocative | *cělino | *cělině | *cěliny |
* -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).
Related terms
- *cěla (“chunk”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
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
Declension
Declension of *cělina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cělina | *cělině | *cěliny |
| genitive | *cěliny | *cělinu | *cělinъ |
| dative | *cělině | *cělinama | *cělinamъ |
| accusative | *cělinǫ | *cělině | *cěliny |
| instrumental | *cělinojǫ, *cělinǫ** | *cělinama | *cělinami |
| locative | *cělině | *cělinu | *cělinasъ, *cělinaxъ* |
| vocative | *cělino | *cělině | *cěliny |
* -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).
Related terms
- *cělica (“untilled land”)
- Serbo-Croatian: цѐлица
- *cělizna (“untilled land”)
- Old Church Slavonic: цѣлизна (cělizna)
- *cělьcь (“intact piece, state”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: целина́ (celiná) (dialectal)
- → Romanian: țelină
- Slovene: celína (tonal orthography) (standard)
- Bulgarian: целина́ (celiná) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: celina
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