банꙗ
See also: баня and бања
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⱀⱑ (banja)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *baňa.
Noun
банꙗ • (banja) f
- bathing place
- (figuratively) baptism, spiritual revival
Declension
Declension of банꙗ (soft a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | банѣ baně | бани bani | банѧ banę |
| Accusative | банѭ banjǫ | бани bani | банѧ banę |
| Genitive | банѧ banę | баню banju | бань banĭ |
| Locative | бани bani | баню banju | банѣхъ baněxŭ |
| Dative | бани bani | банѣма baněma | банѣмъ baněmŭ |
| Instrumental | банеѭ banejǫ | банѣма baněma | банѣми baněmi |
| Vocative | бане bane | бани bani | банѧ banę |
References
- “банꙗ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2023
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *baňa.
Noun
банꙗ (banja) f
- bath, bathing place
Descendants
- Russian: ба́ня (bánja)
- → English: banya
- Ukrainian: ба́ня (bánja)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “банꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1: А – К, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 41