больница

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

By surface analysis, больный (bolʹnyj) +‎ -ица (-ica). Cognate with Russian больни́ца (bolʹníca), which is from Middle Russian больница (bolʹnica), attested in 16-17ᵗʰ c., Church Slavonic больни́ца (bolĭníca).

Noun

больница • (bolʹnica) f

  1. asylum (for the poor and sick, usually at a monastery)
  2. hospital, clinic

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “больница, болница”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 144
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “больница, болница”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 25

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian больница (bolʹnica), attested in 16-17ᵗʰ c.[1] By surface analysis, боль (bolʹ) +‎ -ница (-nica). Cognate with Old Ruthenian больница (bolʹnica), болница (bolnica), Church Slavonic больни́ца (bolĭníca).

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Noun

больни́ца • (bolʹníca) f inan (genitive больни́цы, nominative plural больни́цы, genitive plural больни́ц, relational adjective больни́чный, diminutive больни́чка)

  1. hospital
    Synonyms: го́спиталь (góspitalʹ) (usually military); кли́ника (klínika)
    ложи́ться в больни́цу ― ložítʹsja v bolʹnícu ― to go to hospital (to be hospitalised)

Declension

Declension of больни́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative больни́ца
bolʹníca 		больни́цы
bolʹnícy
genitive больни́цы
bolʹnícy 		больни́ц
bolʹníc
dative больни́це
bolʹníce 		больни́цам
bolʹnícam
accusative больни́цу
bolʹnícu 		больни́цы
bolʹnícy
instrumental больни́цей, больни́цею
bolʹnícej, bolʹníceju 		больни́цами
bolʹnícami
prepositional больни́це
bolʹníce 		больни́цах
bolʹnícax
Pre-reform declension of больни́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative больни́ца
bolʹníca 		больни́цы
bolʹnícy
genitive больни́цы
bolʹnícy 		больни́цъ
bolʹníc
dative больни́цѣ
bolʹnícě 		больни́цамъ
bolʹnícam
accusative больни́цу
bolʹnícu 		больни́цы
bolʹnícy
instrumental больни́цей, больни́цею
bolʹnícej, bolʹníceju 		больни́цами
bolʹnícami
prepositional больни́цѣ
bolʹnícě 		больни́цахъ
bolʹnícax

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “больница”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 72
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