бьцела

See also: бьчела and бъчела

Old Novgorodian

бьцела (sense 1)
бьцелꙑ (sense 2)

Alternative forms

  • бцела (bcʹjela) — Late Old Novgorodian

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 • (bĭcʹjela) 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 bcʹ(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]cʹjely 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
bĭcʹjela 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě
genitive бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелоу
bĭcʹjelu 		бьцелъ
bĭcʹjelŭ
dative бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелама
bĭcʹjelama 		бьцеламъ
bĭcʹjelamŭ
accusative бьцелѫ
bĭcʹjelǫ 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě
instrumental бьцелоѭ
bĭcʹjelojǫ 		бьцелама
bĭcʹjelama 		бьцелами
bĭcʹjelami
locative бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелоу
bĭcʹjelu 		бьцелахъ
bĭcʹjelaxŭ
vocative бьцело
bĭcʹjelo 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě 		бьцелѣ
bĭcʹjelě

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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