Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělica

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 *bělъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*bělica f

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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:
- Russian: бе́лица (bélica) (dialectal)
- Old Ukrainian: бѣлиця (bělicja)
  - Ukrainian: біли́ця (bilýcja)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бели́ца (belíca)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бјѐлица
  
  Latin: bjèlica
- Slovene: belíca
West Slavic:
- Czech: bělice
- Old Polish: bielica
- Slovak: belica
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bělica

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: belcë

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 02, Moscow: Nauka, page 64-65

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