Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьčelьnica

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

*bъčelьnica (ESSJa, Sławski)^[1]^[2]

Etymology

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

Noun

*bьčelьnica f^[1]^[2]

beehive, apiary

Declension

Declension of *bьčelьnica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bьčelьnica	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇
genitive	*bьčelьnicę̇	*bьčelьnicu	*bьčelьnicь
dative	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicama	*bьčelьnicamъ
accusative	*bьčelьnicǫ	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇
instrumental	bьčelьnicejǫ, bьčelьnicǫ^**	*bьčelьnicama	*bьčelьnicami
locative	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicu	bьčelьnicasъ, bьčelьnicaxъ^*
vocative	*bьčelьnice	*bьčelьnici	*bьčelьnicę̇

^* -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: *бьчельница (*bĭčelĭnica)
  - Old Ruthenian: *бчольница (*bčolʹnica), пчолница (pčolnica), пчелница (pčelnica)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: čebẹ̑lnica (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: včelnice
- Slovak: včelnica
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: colnica; pcolnica, pcelnica (archaic, dialectal)
  - Upper Sorbian: pčólnica

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnica”, 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 458: “2. -ica”

[ESSJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъčelьnica”, 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 458: “2. -ica”

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