божьница

• бозьница (bozĭnica)

From Proto-Slavic *božьnica, equivalent to богъ (bogŭ) +‎ -ьница (-ĭnica). Cognate with Czech božnica (“temple”).

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔʑɪˈnit͡sʲɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔʑɪˈnʲit͡sʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔːʑˈnʲit͡sʲa/
• Hyphenation: бо‧жь‧ни‧ца

божьница (božĭnica) f (related adjective божьничнꙑи)

1. Synonym of цьркꙑ (cĭrky, “church”)

• Old Ruthenian: божни́ца (božnícʲa)
  • Belarusian: бажні́ца (bažníca)
  • Ukrainian: божни́ця (božnýcja), біжни́ця (bižnýcja)
• Russian: божни́ца (božníca)
• → Latvian: baznīca
• → Latgalian: bazneica

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “божьница, бозьница”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, бозьница column 141
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “божница”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 229