искони

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz koni.

Adverb

искони • (iskoni)

1. in the beginning, from the beginning

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz koni. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic искони (iskoni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iskɔˈnʲi/
• Hyphenation: и‧ско‧ни

Adverb

искони (iskoni)

1. in the beginning

Descendants

• Russian: искони́ (iskoní)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “искони”, 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 1116
• Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 249

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic искони (iskoni), from Proto-Slavic *jьz koni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪskɐˈnʲi]

Adverb

искони́ • (iskoní)

1. (archaic, poetic) since olden times, from of old, from time immemorial

   Synonyms: издревле (izdrevle), исстари (isstari), споко́н веко́в (spokón vekóv), споко́н веку (spokón veku)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:искони.

Derived terms

• иско́нный (iskónnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “искони”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “искони”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 357