Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bukъvica

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

*buky, bukъvь (“beech”) +‎ *-ica

Noun

*bukъvica f

beechnut
small letter, tiny representation of a sign in writing
cowslip-primrose (Primula veris)
betony (Stachys officinalis)

Inflection

Declension of *bukъvica (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bukъvica	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇
Accusative	*bukъvicǫ	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇
Genitive	*bukъvicę̇	*bukъvicu	*bukъvicь
Locative	*bukъvici	*bukъvicu	bukъvicasъ, bukъvicaxъ^*
Dative	*bukъvici	*bukъvicama	*bukъvicamъ
Instrumental	bukъvicejǫ, bukъvicǫ^**	*bukъvicama	*bukъvicami
Vocative	*bukъvice	*bukъvici	*bukъvicę̇

^* -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: бу́квіца (búkvica)
- Russian: бу́квица (búkvica)
- Ukrainian: бу́квиця (búkvycja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бу́квица (búkvica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бу̏квица
  Latin: bȕkvica
- Slovene: bȗkvica
West Slavic:
- Czech: bukvice
- Old Polish: bukwica
  - Polish: bukwica
- Slovak: bukvica
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bukwica
  - Upper Sorbian: bukwica

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukъvica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 91