Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolgyni

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, *bolg- +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*bolgyni f[1]

  1. goodness, prosperity

Declension

Declension of *bolgyni (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bolgyni *bolgyňi *bolgyňę̇
genitive *bolgyňę̇ *bolgyňu *bolgyňь
dative *bolgyňi *bolgyňama *bolgyňamъ
accusative *bolgyňǫ *bolgyňi *bolgyňę̇
instrumental *bolgyňejǫ, *bolgyňǫ** *bolgyňama *bolgyňami
locative *bolgyňi *bolgyňu *bolgyňasъ, *bolgyňaxъ*
vocative *bolgyňe *bolgyňi *bolgyňę̇

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: благꙑни (blagyni)
    • Bulgarian: благиня́ (blaginjá) (obsolete), благина̀ (blaginà)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
      Cyrillic script: бла̀гиња

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolgyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
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