Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogačь

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 *bogъ +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*bogačь m

  1. wealthy man

Inflection

Declension of *bogačь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bogačь *bogača *bogači
genitive *bogača *bogaču *bogačь
dative *bogaču *bogačema *bogačemъ
accusative *bogačь *bogača *bogačę̇
instrumental *bogačьmь, *bogačemь* *bogačema *bogači
locative *bogači *bogaču *bogačixъ
vocative *bogaču *bogača *bogači

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бага́ч (baháč)
    • Russian: бога́ч (bogáč)
    • Middle Ukrainian: богачъ (bohač)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “богатый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 98
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 157