бьцела

See also: бьчела and бъчела

Old Novgorodian

бьцела (sense 1)
бьцелꙑ (sense 2)

Alternative forms

  • бцела (bćela) — late form

Etymology

First attested in c. 1300‒1320. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bьčelà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bikelā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰi-k-el-éh₂, from *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognate with Old East Slavic бьчела (bĭčela), Old Ruthenian бчола́ (bčolá), Old Church Slavonic бьчела / ⰱⱐⱍⰵⰾⰰ (bĭčela), Old Polish pszczoła.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: бь‧це‧ла

Noun

бьцела • (bĭćela) f[1]

  2. bee
  4. (plural only) hive, beehive
    • c. 1300‒1320, Берестяная грамота № 766 [Birchbark letter no. 766]‎[2], Novgorod:
      … себѣ которои вꙁѧли бч(елꙑ) …
      … sebě kotoroi vzęli bć(jely) …
      … to himself, who took the hives …
    • c. 1300‒1320, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № Твер. 5 [Birchbark letter no. Tver. 5]‎[4], Tver:
      … · шюига дубие переписꙑваете а [б]целꙑ ти лаꙁило · ѧꙁо дубие ѿимаю по своеи мети а тесно сотесꙑваете · то мои дубо · ваше бортико ꙩкралосѧ первꙑ · …
      … · šjuiga dubije perepisyvajete a [b]ćely ti lazilo · jęzo dubije otimaju po svojei meti a tesno sotesyvajete · to moi dubo · vaše bortiko okralosę pervy · …
      Šujga is overwriting (the marks on) the oaks and has taken out honey from the hives, (saying:) “I am taking away the oaks on my own mark.” He is cutting away the ownership-mark, (saying:) “This is my oak. Your former beekeeper has fallen into robbery.”

Declension

Declension of бьцела (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative бьцела
bĭćela 		бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелѣ, бьцелꙑ
bĭćelě, bĭćely
genitive бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелоу
bĭćelu 		бьцелъ
bĭćelŭ
dative бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелама
bĭćelama 		бьцеламъ
bĭćelamŭ
accusative бьцелѫ
bĭćelǫ 		бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелѣ, бьцелꙑ
bĭćelě, bĭćely
instrumental бьцелоѭ
bĭćelojǫ 		бьцелама
bĭćelama 		бьцелами
bĭćelami
locative бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелоу
bĭćelu 		бьцелахъ
bĭćelaxŭ
vocative бьцело
bĭćelo 		бьцелѣ
bĭćelě 		бьцелѣ
bĭćelě

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 714

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