Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blizьnьcь

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 *blizьnъ (“near, fellow”) +‎ *-ьcь. The Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Polish forms are formed with the affix *-(j)akъ. Belarusian and Ukrainian forms represent a contamination between the two versions.

Noun

*blizьnьcь m

twin

Declension

Declension of *blizьnьcь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*blizьnьcь	*blizьnьca	*blizьnьci
Accusative	*blizьnьcь	*blizьnьca	*blizьnьcę̇
Genitive	*blizьnьca	*blizьnьcu	*blizьnьcь
Locative	*blizьnьci	*blizьnьcu	*blizьnьcixъ
Dative	*blizьnьcu	*blizьnьcema	*blizьnьcemъ
Instrumental	blizьnьcьmь, blizьnьcemь^*	*blizьnьcema	*blizьnьci
Vocative	*blizьnьče	*blizьnьca	*blizьnьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: блізню́к (bliznjúk), блізня (bliznja), блізнё (bliznjó)
- Russian: близне́ц (bliznéc)
- Rusyn: близнець (blyznecʹ)
- Ukrainian: близню́к (blyznjúk), близня́ (blyznjá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: близньць (bliznĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: близна́к (bliznák)
- Macedonian: бли́знак (blíznak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: близанац
  Latin: blizanac
West Slavic:
- Polish: bliźniak, bliźnię

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blizьnьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 123