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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blizna

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to dazzle, to strike”). Morphologically *bliz- +‎ *-na. Cognate with Latin flīgere.

Noun

*blizna f[1]

  1. scar, defect
    Synonyms: *dьgna, *bělěgъ

Declension
Declension of *blizna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *blizna *blizně *blizny
genitive *blizny *bliznu *bliznъ
dative *blizně *bliznama *bliznamъ
accusative *bliznǫ *blizně *blizny
instrumental *bliznojǫ, *bliznǫ** *bliznama *bliznami
locative *blizně *bliznu *bliznasъ, *bliznaxъ*
vocative *blizno *blizně *blizny
* -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).

Alternative forms
  • *blizno

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: близна (blizna)
    • Belarusian: блюзна́ (bljuzná)
    • Russian: близна́ (blizná)
    • Ukrainian: близна́ (blyzná)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: близна́ (blizná)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бли̏зна
      Latin script: blȉzna
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: blizna
    • Old Polish: blizna
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bluzna
      • Upper Sorbian: błuzna

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “близна́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blizna; *blizno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 45: “f. ā; n. o”
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