Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blaznь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Usually derived from *blaziti (“to shine”) +‎ *-snь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”).

Noun

*blȃznь f[1]

bait

Declension

Declension of *blaznь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*blaznь	*blazni	*blazni
Accusative	*blaznь	*blazni	*blazni
Genitive	*blazni	blaznьju, blazňu^*	blaznьjь, blazni^*
Locative	*blazni	blaznьju, blazňu^*	*blaznьxъ
Dative	*blazni	*blaznьma	*blaznьmъ
Instrumental	blaznьjǫ, blazňǫ^*	*blaznьma	*blaznьmi
Vocative	*blazni	*blazni	*blazni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*blazniti (“to lure”)
*sъblaznь (“temptation”)
*blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
*blaznivъ (“flattering”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: съблазнъ m (sŭblaznŭ) (re-analyzed as a derivative of the adjective *blaznъ)
  - Russian: собла́зн m (soblázn)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: блазнь (blaznĭ)
- Bulgarian: съблазън (sǎblazǎn)
- Macedonian: соблазан (soblazan)
- Serbo-Croatian: sȁblāzan
Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: săblaznă

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “blázen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*blȃznь”

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[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “blázen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*blȃznь”