казнь

казнь

See also: къзнь

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⰽⰰⰸⱀⱐ (kaznĭ) – Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kaznь.

Noun

казнь • (kaznĭ) f

1. punishment
   • from the Story of Ahikar:

     биѥ раби мои и каꙁньми великамии каꙁаше ихь.

     bije rabi moi i kaznĭmi velikamij kazaše ixĭ.

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2. order

Declension

Declension of казнь (i-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	казнь kaznĭ	казни kazni	казни kazni
Accusative	казнь kaznĭ	казни kazni	казни kazni
Genitive	казни kazni	казнью, казнию kaznĭju, kazniju	казньи, казнии kaznĭj, kaznij
Locative	казни kazni	казнью, казнию kaznĭju, kazniju	казньхъ kaznĭxŭ
Dative	казни kazni	казньма kaznĭma	казньмъ kaznĭmŭ
Instrumental	казньѭ, казниѭ kaznĭjǫ, kaznijǫ	казньма kaznĭma	казньми kaznĭmi
Vocative	казни kazni	казни kazni	казни kazni

Related terms

• казати (kazati)

Descendants

• Romanian: caznă
• Russian: казнь (kaznʹ)

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaznь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kazʲnʲ]

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Noun

казнь • (kaznʹ) f inan (genitive ка́зни, nominative plural ка́зни, genitive plural ка́зней)

1. execution (putting someone to death)
2. (dated, literary) torture, harsh punishment, retribution

   Synonym: ка́ра (kára)

3. (biblical) plague (divine retribution)

   ка́зни еги́петские ― kázni jegípetskije ― the Plagues of Egypt

Declension

Declension of казнь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́знь káznʹ	ка́зни kázni
genitive	ка́зни kázni	ка́зней káznej
dative	ка́зни kázni	ка́зням káznjam
accusative	ка́знь káznʹ	ка́зни kázni
instrumental	ка́знью káznʹju	ка́знями káznjami
prepositional	ка́зни kázni	ка́знях káznjax

Related terms

• казни́ть (kaznítʹ)

See also

• пала́ч (paláč)

References

• 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