кнѧзь

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

кнѧзь • (knęzĭ) m

1. alternative form of кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ, “prince”)

Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɛ̃zɪ/→/ˈknʲazʲɪ/→/ˈknʲazʲ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈknɛ̃zɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈknʲazʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈknʲazʲ/

• Hyphenation: кнѧ‧зь

Noun

кнѧзь (knęzĭ) m

1. alternative form of кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ)
   • c. 1425, Hypatian Codex‎^[1], 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 кнѧзь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	кнѧзь knęzĭ	кнѧза knęza	кнѧзи knęzi
genitive	кнѧза knęza	кнѧзу knęzu	кнѧзь knęzĭ
dative	кнѧзу knęzu	кнѧзема knęzema	кнѧземъ knęzemŭ
accusative	кнѧзь knęzĭ	кнѧза knęza	кнѧзѣ knęzě
instrumental	кнѧзьмь knęzĭmĭ	кнѧзема knęzema	кнѧзи knęzi
locative	кнѧзи knęzi	кнѧзу knęzu	кнѧзихъ knęzixŭ
vocative	кнѧже knęže	кнѧза knęza	кнѧзи knęzi

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “кънѧзь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1401
• Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019), “князь”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 545