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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъnęgyni
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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
Declension
Declension of *kъnęgyni (ī-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kъnęgyni | *kъnęgyňi | *kъnęgyňę̇ |
| Accusative | *kъnęgyňǫ | *kъnęgyňi | *kъnęgyňę̇ |
| Genitive | *kъnęgyňę̇ | *kъnęgyňu | *kъnęgyňь |
| Locative | *kъnęgyňi | *kъnęgyňu | *kъnęgyňasъ, *kъnęgyňaxъ* |
| Dative | *kъnęgyňi | *kъnęgyňama | *kъnęgyňamъ |
| Instrumental | *kъnęgyňejǫ, *kъnęgyňǫ** | *kъnęgyňama | *kъnęgyňami |
| Vocative | *kъnęgyňe | *kъnęgyňi | *kъnęgyňę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кънѧгꙑни (kŭnęgyni), кнѧгинꙗ (knęginja)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: knieni
- Czech: kněhyně, kněně, kníně, kňahně (obsolete)
- Polabian: t'ėnąd'aińă
- Old Polish: księgyni
- Old Slovak: kňahňa
- Slovak: kňahyňa (obsolete); kňei̯hňa, kňei̯hňe (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kněni; kńani (obsolete)
- Upper Sorbian: knjeni
- Old Czech: knieni
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъnęgyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 199
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “княги́ня”, 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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