Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьcь

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

Agent noun of *bojь (“fight”) +‎ *-ьcь, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”).

Noun

*bojьcь m

  1. fighter

Inflection

Declension of *bojьcь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bojьcь *bojьca *bojьci
genitive *bojьca *bojьcu *bojьcь
dative *bojьcu *bojьcema *bojьcemъ
accusative *bojьcь *bojьca *bojьcę̇
instrumental *bojьcьmь, *bojьcemь* *bojьcema *bojьci
locative *bojьci *bojьcu *bojьcixъ
vocative *bojьče *bojьca *bojьci

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бое́ц (bojéc)
    • Ukrainian: боє́ць (bojécʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бое́ц (boéc)
    • Macedonian: боец (boec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̀јац
      Latin script: bòjac
    • Slovene: bȏjec
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bojec (archaic)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojьcь/*bojьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168
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