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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kaznь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *kazati + *-snь.
Noun
*kaznь f
- order
- punishment
Declension
Declension of *kaznь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *kaznь | *kazni | *kazni |
Accusative | *kaznь | *kazni | *kazni |
Genitive | *kazni | *kaznьju, *kazňu* | *kaznьjь, *kazni* |
Locative | *kazni | *kaznьju, *kazňu* | *kaznьxъ |
Dative | *kazni | *kaznьma | *kaznьmъ |
Instrumental | *kaznьjǫ, *kazňǫ* | *kaznьma | *kaznьmi |
Vocative | *kazni | *kazni | *kazni |
* 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:
- Russian: казнь (kaznʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: казнь (kaznĭ)
- Macedonian: казна (kazna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ка̏зна
- Latin: kȁzna
- Slovene: kȃzǝn (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kázeň
- Polish: kaźń
- Slovak: kázeň
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kazń
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “казнь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress