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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělica

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 *bělъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*bělica f

  1. something white

Declension
Declension of *bělica (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bělica *bělici *bělicę̇
Accusative *bělicǫ *bělici *bělicę̇
Genitive *bělicę̇ *bělicu *bělicь
Locative *bělici *bělicu *bělicasъ, *bělicaxъ*
Dative *bělici *bělicama *bělicamъ
Instrumental *bělicejǫ, *bělicǫ** *bělicama *bělicami
Vocative *bělice *bělici *bělicę̇
* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: бѣлица (bělica)
      • Russian: бе́лица (bélica) (dialectal)
      • Old Ukrainian: бѣлица (bělicʲa, “name of a plant”)[1]
        • Ukrainian: біли́ця (bilýcja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бели́ца (belíca)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: белѝца
      Latin: belìca
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): bilȉca (“white fig”)
      • Chakavian (Rava island): bilȉca (“white fig”), bẹ̑lica (“white sheep”)
      • Chakavian (Ist island): bȅlica (“blond girl”)
      • Chakavian (Grobnik): bêlica (“little sheep”)
      • Chakavian (Brusje): bilȉca (“white fig, wheat”)
      • Kajkavian (Varaždin): bẹ̃lica (“common nase”)
    • Slovene: belíca
      • (Črni vrh, Idrija): bȩlȋcḁ (“white cherry”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bělicě
      • Czech: bělice
        • Moravian (Mistřice): bjelica (“white cherry”)
    • Old Polish: bielica
    • Slovak: belica
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: bělica
      • Lower Sorbian: bělica
  • Non-Slavic:

References
  1. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “бѣлица”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 147
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