огнь

Old Church Slavonic

огнь горитъ

Alternative forms

• ⱁⰳⱀⱐ (ognĭ) — Glagolitic
• ѻгнь (ognĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ogňь.

Noun

огн҄ь • (ognʹĭ) m

1. fire

Declension

Declension of огнь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	огн҄ь ognʹĭ	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄ьѥ, огн҄иѥ ognʹĭje, ognʹije
genitive	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄ью, огн҄ию ognʹĭju, ognʹiju	огн҄ьи, огн҄ии ognʹĭi, ognʹii
dative	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄ьма ognʹĭma	огн҄ьмъ ognʹĭmŭ
accusative	огн҄ь ognʹĭ	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄и ognʹi
instrumental	огн҄ьмь ognʹĭmĭ	огн҄ьма ognʹĭma	огн҄ьми ognʹĭmi
locative	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄ью, огн҄ию ognʹĭju, ognʹiju	огн҄ьхъ ognʹĭxŭ
vocative	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄ьѥ, огн҄иѥ ognʹĭje, ognʹije

Declension of огнь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	огн҄ь ognʹĭ	огн҄а ognʹa	огн҄и ognʹi
genitive	огн҄а ognʹa	огн҄оу ognʹu	огн҄ь ognʹĭ
dative	огн҄оу ognʹu	огн҄ема ognʹjema	огн҄емъ ognʹjemŭ
accusative	огн҄ь ognʹĭ	огн҄а ognʹa	огн҄ѧ ognʹję
instrumental	огн҄емь ognʹjemĭ	огн҄ема ognʹjema	огн҄и ognʹi
locative	огн҄и ognʹi	огн҄оу ognʹu	огн҄ихъ ognʹixŭ
vocative	огн҄оу ognʹu	огн҄а ognʹa	огн҄и ognʹi

Descendants

• Bulgarian: огън (ogǎn)
• Macedonian: оган (ogan)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ògňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ugnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡnʲɪ/→/ˈoːɡnʲɪ/→/ˈɔːɡnʲ/, /ˈoːɡnʲ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡnʲɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡnʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡnʲ/, /ˈoːɡnʲ/

• Hyphenation: о‧гнь

Noun

огнь (ognĭ) m

1. fire

Declension

Declension of огнь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	огнь ognĭ	огнꙗ ognja	огни ogni
genitive	огнꙗ ognja	огню ognju	огнь ognĭ
dative	огню ognju	огнема ognema	огнемъ ognemŭ
accusative	огнь ognĭ	огнꙗ ognja	огнѣ ogně
instrumental	огньмь ognĭmĭ	огнема ognema	огни ogni
locative	огни ogni	огню ognju	огнихъ ognixŭ
vocative	огню ognju	огнꙗ ognja	огни ogni

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: о́гнь (óhnʹ), ого́нь (ohónʹ), оге́нь (ohénʹ)
  • Belarusian: аго́нь (ahónʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: оге́нь (ohénʹ)
  • Ukrainian: вого́нь (vohónʹ); ого́нь (ohónʹ) (dialectal)
• Russian: ого́нь (ogónʹ)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “огнь”, 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), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 604

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oɡnʲ]

Noun

огнь • (ognʹ) m inan (genitive огня́, nominative plural огни́, genitive plural огне́й)

1. (dated or poetic) alternative form of ого́нь (ogónʹ, “fire”)

Declension

Declension of огнь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	о́гнь ógnʹ	огни́ ogní
genitive	огня́ ognjá	огне́й ognéj
dative	огню́ ognjú	огня́м ognjám
accusative	о́гнь ógnʹ	огни́ ogní
instrumental	огнём ognjóm	огня́ми ognjámi
prepositional	огне́ ogné	огня́х ognjáx