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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěnь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *grěti (“to heat”) + *-nь.
Noun
*grěnь f
- blaze
- rot, pus
Declension
Declension of *grěnь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *grěnь | *grěni | *grěni |
| Accusative | *grěnь | *grěni | *grěni |
| Genitive | *grěni | *grěnьju, *grěňu* | *grěnьjь, *grěni* |
| Locative | *grěni | *grěnьju, *grěňu* | *grěnьxъ |
| Dative | *grěni | *grěnьma | *grěnьmъ |
| Instrumental | *grěnьjǫ, *grěňǫ* | *grěnьma | *grěnьmi |
| Vocative | *grěni | *grěni | *grěni |
* 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
- *grěniti (“to decay, to putrefy”)
- *granivъ (“orange, rotten”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: грянь (hrjanʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гран (gran, “rot”) (diaclectal)
- Slovene: gren, grenek
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěnь/*granь?”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 07, Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “гран”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 273