Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cělizna

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, *cělъ +‎ *-izna.[1]

Noun

*cělizna f

  1. unploughed field

Declension

Declension of *cělizna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *cělizna *cělizně *cělizny
genitive *cělizny *cěliznu *cěliznъ
dative *cělizně *cěliznama *cěliznamъ
accusative *cěliznǫ *cělizně *cělizny
instrumental *cěliznojǫ, *cěliznǫ** *cěliznama *cěliznami
locative *cělizně *cěliznu *cěliznasъ, *cěliznaxъ*
vocative *cělizno *cělizně *cělizny

* -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: целизна (celizna)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cělizna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
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