• божни́цꙗ (božnícja)

Inherited from Old East Slavic божьница (božĭnica), from Proto-Slavic *božьnica.

божни́ца • (božníca) f inan

1. icon box, icon shelf
2. pagan temple

• Belarusian: (obsolete) бажні́ца (bažníca)
• Carpathian Rusyn: божни́ця (božnýcja)
• Ukrainian: божни́ця (božnýcja); (dialectal) біжни́ця (bižnýcja)

• Zhurawski, A. I., Bulyka, A. M., editors (1982–2017), “божница, божниця”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), number 117 (), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, page 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic божьница (božĭnica), from Proto-Slavic *božьnica, from *božьnъ +‎ *-ica or *bogъ +‎ *-ьnica. By surface analysis, бог (bog) +‎ -ни́ца (-níca).

• IPA^(key): [bɐʐˈnʲit͡sə]

божни́ца • (božníca) f inan (genitive божни́цы, nominative plural божни́цы, genitive plural божни́ц)

1. icon box, icon shelf
2. chapel

• кра́сный у́гол (krásnyj úgol)