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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blaznь
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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)
- Old East Slavic: съблазнъ m (sŭblaznŭ) (re-analyzed as a derivative of the adjective *blaznъ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: блазнь (blaznĭ)
- Bulgarian: съблазън (sǎblazǎn)
- Macedonian: соблазан (soblazan)
- Serbo-Croatian: sȁblāzan
- Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: săblaznă
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “собла́зн”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blaznъ(jь) / *blazna / *blazno / *blaznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 53
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “blázen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*blȃznь”