Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bližina

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

By surface analysis, *bliže +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*bližina f^[1]

nearness, vicinity

Declension

Declension of *bližina (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bližina	*bližině	*bližiny
genitive	*bližiny	*bližinu	*bližinъ
dative	*bližině	*bližinama	*bližinamъ
accusative	*bližinǫ	*bližině	*bližiny
instrumental	bližinojǫ, bližinǫ^**	*bližinama	*bližinami
locative	*bližině	*bližinu	bližinasъ, bližinaxъ^*
vocative	*bližino	*bližině	*bližiny

^* -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: близина (blizina) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: близина (blizina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ближѝна, близѝна
- Slovene: bližína, blizína (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bližína

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bližina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 123

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bližina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 123

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