князь

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь.

Doublet of ксёндз (ksjondz), a borrowing from Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [knʲasʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

князь (knjazʹ) m animate

  1. prince

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References


Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The /dz/ is due to the progressive palatalization. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ). Russian княги́ня (knjagínja, princess) has preserved the original, Germanic g sound.

Doublet of ксёндз (ksjondz), a borrowing from Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [knʲæsʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

князь (knjazʹ) m anim (genitive кня́зя, nominative plural князья́ or кня́зи, genitive plural князе́й, feminine княги́ня)

  1. prince; duke

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkmen: knýaz
  • Polish: kniaź

See also

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