Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bičь

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

Analysable as *bìti (“to beat”) +‎ *-čь.

Noun

*bičь m

  1. whip

Inflection

Declension of *bičь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bičь *biča *biči
genitive *biča *biču *bičь
dative *biču *bičema *bičemъ
accusative *bičь *biča *bičę̇
instrumental *bičьmь, *bičemь* *bičema *biči
locative *biči *biču *bičixъ
vocative *biču *biča *biči

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бичь (bičĭ)
      • Belarusian: біч (bič)
      • Russian: бич (bič)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: бич (byč)
      • Ukrainian: бич (byč)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: бичь (bičĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰻⱍⱐ (bičĭ)
    • Bulgarian: бич (bič)
    • Macedonian: бич (bič)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: би̏ч
      Latin script: bȉč
    • Slovene: bìč
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bič
      • Czech: bič
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): bjič
    • Kashubian: bicz
    • Old Polish: bicz
    • Kashubian: bicz
    • Slovak: bič
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: bič
      • Lower Sorbian: bic

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bičь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 94
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бич”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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