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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьcь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Agent noun of *bojь (“fight”) + *-ьcь, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”).
Noun
*bojьcь m
- fighter
Inflection
Declension of *bojьcь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bojьcь | *bojьca | *bojьci |
| Accusative | *bojьcь | *bojьca | *bojьcę̇ |
| Genitive | *bojьca | *bojьcu | *bojьcь |
| Locative | *bojьci | *bojьcu | *bojьcixъ |
| Dative | *bojьcu | *bojьcema | *bojьcemъ |
| Instrumental | *bojьcьmь, *bojьcemь* | *bojьcema | *bojьci |
| Vocative | *bojьče | *bojьca | *bojьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бое́ц (bojéc)
- Ukrainian: бієць (bijecʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бое́ц (boéc)
- Macedonian: боец (boec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо̀јац
- Latin: bòjac
- Slovene: bȏjec
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bojec (archaic)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojьcь/*bojьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168