Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělota

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

From *bělъ +‎ *-ota.

Noun

*bělota f

  1. whiteness

Inflection

Declension of *bělota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bělota *bělotě *běloty
genitive *běloty *bělotu *bělotъ
dative *bělotě *bělotama *bělotamъ
accusative *bělotǫ *bělotě *běloty
instrumental *bělotojǫ, *bělotǫ** *bělotama *bělotami
locative *bělotě *bělotu *bělotasъ, *bělotaxъ*
vocative *běloto *bělotě *běloty

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бѣлота (bělota)
      • Russian: белота́ (belotá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: белота́ (belotá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бело̀та, бјело̀та
      Latin script: belòta, bjelòta
    • Slovene: belóta
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bělota
    • Slovak: belota, bielota
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: běłota

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
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