Киевъ

Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/→/ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/→/ˈkɛjɛːʋ/, /ˈkijɛːʋ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛjɛːʋ/, /ˈkijɛːʋ/

• Hyphenation: Ки‧е‧въ

Proper noun

Киевъ (Kijevŭ) m (related adjective киевьскъ)

1. alternative form of Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ)
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 1:

     кто въ києвѣ нача первѣє кнѧжи^т и ѿкуду рускаꙗ ꙁемлѧ стала єсть⁘

     kto vŭ kijevě nača pervěje knęži^t i otŭkudu ruskaja zemlę stala jestĭ⁘

     Who in Kiev first started to reign and whence the Russian land has started to be.

   • c. 1425, Hypatian Codex‎^[2], page 7:

     Се же соуть и҆мена кнѧ̀ꙁемь кие҆вьскыⷨ кнѧжившиⷨ в кие҆вѣ.

     Se že sutĭ imena knę̀zemĭ kijevĭskyⷨ knęživšiⷨ v kijevě.

     And these are the names of the Kievan princes who ruled in Kiev.

Declension

Declension of Киевъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Киевъ Kijevŭ	—	—
genitive	Киева Kijeva	—	—
dative	Киеву Kijevu	—	—
accusative	Киевъ Kijevŭ	—	—
instrumental	Киевъмь Kijevŭmĭ	—	—
locative	Киевѣ Kijevě	—	—
vocative	Киеве Kijeve	—	—