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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boltina
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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).
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).
** 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
- Old Czech: blatina
References
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boltina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 179
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