Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boltina

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 *bolto (“swamp”) +‎ *-ina (denotes locations endowed with characteristics typical for a more particular phenomenon).

Noun

*boltina f

marsh, swampland

Declension

Declension of *boltina (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*boltina	*boltině	*boltiny
genitive	*boltiny	*boltinu	*boltinъ
dative	*boltině	*boltinama	*boltinamъ
accusative	*boltinǫ	*boltině	*boltiny
instrumental	boltinojǫ, boltinǫ^**	*boltinama	*boltinami
locative	*boltině	*boltinu	boltinasъ, boltinaxъ^*
vocative	*boltino	*boltině	*boltiny

^* -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:
- Russian: боло́тина (bolótina), болоти́на (bolotína)
- Ukrainian: болоти́на (bolotýna)
South Slavic:
- Middle Bulgarian: блатина (blatina), балътина (balŭtina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бла̀тина
  
  Latin script: blàtina
- Slovene: blatina
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: blatina
  - Czech: blatina
- Kashubian: błocëna
- Old Polish: błocina
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: błóćina