Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojaznь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From bojati (“to fear”) +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*bojaznь f

fear, anxiety

Declension

Declension of *bojaznь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bojaznь	*bojazni	*bojazni
Accusative	*bojaznь	*bojazni	*bojazni
Genitive	*bojazni	bojaznьju, bojazňu^*	bojaznьjь, bojazni^*
Locative	*bojazni	bojaznьju, bojazňu^*	*bojaznьxъ
Dative	*bojazni	*bojaznьma	*bojaznьmъ
Instrumental	bojaznьjǫ, bojazňǫ^*	*bojaznьma	*bojaznьmi
Vocative	*bojazni	*bojazni	*bojazni

^* 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: боꙗзнь (bojaznĭ)
  - Belarusian: бо́язь (bójazʹ)
  - Russian: боя́знь (bojáznʹ)
  - Ukrainian: бо́ясть (bójastʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: боꙗзнь (bojaznĭ)
  
  Unspecified: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: боя́зън (bojázǎn)
- Macedonian: бојазан (bojazan)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бо̏јазан
  
  Latin: bȍjȃzan
- Slovene: bojȃzen
West Slavic:
- Czech: bázeň
- Polish: bojaźń
- Slovak: bázeň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bójazń

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojaznь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Nauka, page 165
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “боя́знь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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