Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂ós, from *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hew).

    Noun

    *bòjь or *bȍjь m[1][2]

    1. battle, fight
      Synonym: *bitva

    Inflection

    Declension of *bòjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bòjь *bojà *bojì
    genitive *bojà *bojù *bòjь
    dative *bojù *bojèma *bòjemъ
    accusative *bòjь *bojà *boję̇̀
    instrumental *bojь̀mь, *bojèmь* *bojèma *bòji
    locative *bojì *bojù *bòjixъ
    vocative *boju *bojà *bojì

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

    Declension of *bȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bȍjь *bȍja *bȍji
    genitive *bȍja *bojù *bòjь
    dative *bȍju *bojemà *bojèmъ
    accusative *bȍjь *bȍja *bȍję̇
    instrumental *bȍjьmь, *bȍjemь* *bojemà *bojí
    locative *bȍji *bojù *bojĩxъ
    vocative *boju *bȍja *bȍji

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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: бои (boi)
      • Old Novgorodian: бои (boi)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: boj
      • Polabian: büj
      • Polish: bój
      • Slovak: boj
      • Sorbian:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “бой”, 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 100
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 167
    • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “бой”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bojь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51:m. jo (b/c) ‘battle, fight’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “bojь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b kamp (PR 134)