Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božiťь
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *bogъ (“god”) + *-iťь (diminutive suffix). Later generalized as the name for Christmas among South Slavs.
Noun[edit]
*božìťь m[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *božiťь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *božiťь | *božiťa | *božiťi |
genitive | *božiťa | *božiťu | *božiťь |
dative | *božiťu | *božiťema | *božiťemъ |
accusative | *božiťь | *božiťa | *božiťę̇ |
instrumental | *božiťьmь, *božiťemь* | *božiťema | *božiťi |
locative | *božiťi | *božiťu | *božiťixъ |
vocative | *božiťu | *božiťa | *božiťi |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božitjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 228
References[edit]
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “bóžič”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Slovan. *boži̋t'ь”