Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogyni

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bogъ +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*bogyni f

goddess

Declension

Declension of *bogyni (ī-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bogyni	*bogyni	*bogynę̇
Accusative	*bogynǫ	*bogyni	*bogynę̇
Genitive	*bogynę̇	*bogynu	*bogynь
Locative	*bogyni	*bogynu	bogynasъ, bogynaxъ^*
Dative	*bogyni	*bogynama	*bogynamъ
Instrumental	bogynejǫ, bogynǫ^**	*bogynama	*bogynami
Vocative	*bogyne	*bogyni	*bogynę̇

^* -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:
- Belarusian: багі́ня (bahínja)
- Russian: боги́ня (bogínja)
- Ukrainian: боги́ня (bohýnja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrilic: богꙑни (bogyni)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱁⰳⱐⰺⱀⰹ (bogyni)
- Bulgarian: боги́ня (bogínja)
- Macedonian: богиња (boginja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бо̀гиња
  
  Latin: bòginja
- Slovene: bogínja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bohyni
  - Czech: bohyně
- Polish: bogini
- Slovak: bohyňa

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogyni”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 163
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “бог”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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