кънига

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Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic кън҄ига (kŭnʹiga) and Old Polish księga.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲiɡa/
  • Hyphenation: къ‧ни‧га

Noun

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кънига (kŭnigaf (diminutive кънижька, related adjective кънижьнъ)

  1. book

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кънига”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1391