княз

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian князь (knjazʹ)[1], from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Doublet of кнез (knez) from Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ)[2].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [knʲa̟s]

Noun

княз • (knjaz) m (feminine княги́ня)

  1. prince
    Synonym: принц (princ)

Declension
Declension of княз
singular plural
indefinite княз
knjaz		 князе́, кня́зове1
knjazé, knjázove1
definite
(subject form)		 кня́зът
knjázǎt		 князе́те, кня́зовете1
knjazéte, knjázovete1
definite
(object form)		 кня́за
knjáza
vocative form кня́же
knjáže		 князе́, кня́зове1
knjazé, knjázove1

1Archaic.

References
  1. Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “княз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 499
  2. Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кнез”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 495

Further reading
  • княз in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • княз in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
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