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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělověža
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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
Noun
*bělověža f
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Inflection
Declension of *bělověža (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bělověža | *bělověži | *bělověžę̇ |
| Accusative | *bělověžǫ | *bělověži | *bělověžę̇ |
| Genitive | *bělověžę̇ | *bělověžu | *bělověžь |
| Locative | *bělověži | *bělověžu | *bělověžasъ, *bělověžaxъ* |
| Dative | *bělověži | *bělověžama | *bělověžamъ |
| Instrumental | *bělověžejǫ, *bělověžǫ** | *bělověžama | *bělověžami |
| Vocative | *bělověže | *bělověži | *bělověžę̇ |
* -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).
** 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: Беловежа (Beloveža, “name of a village on the Narevka river”)
- Ukrainian: Білові́ж (Bilovíž, “name of a village”)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: Bělověž
- Polish: Białowieża (“National Park in Poland”)
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělověža”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Nauka, page 75
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