витязь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь. Doublet of ви́кинг (víking).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvʲitʲɪsʲ]

Noun

ви́тязь • (vítjazʹ) m anim (genitive ви́тязя, nominative plural ви́тязи, genitive plural ви́тязей)

(archaic, poetic) hero, knight

Declension

Declension of ви́тязь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ви́тязь vítjazʹ	ви́тязи vítjazi
genitive	ви́тязя vítjazja	ви́тязей vítjazej
dative	ви́тязю vítjazju	ви́тязям vítjazjam
accusative	ви́тязя vítjazja	ви́тязей vítjazej
instrumental	ви́тязем vítjazem	ви́тязями vítjazjami
prepositional	ви́тязе vítjaze	ви́тязях vítjazjax

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “витязь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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