Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/noťь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *naktís, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

*nȍťь f

1. night

Inflection

Declension of *nȍťь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nȍťь	*nȍťi	*nȍťi
Accusative	*nȍťь	*nȍťi	*nȍťi
Genitive	*noťí	*noťьjù, *noťu*	*noťь̀jь
Locative	*noťí	*noťьjù, *noťu*	*nȍťьxъ
Dative	*nȍťi	*noťьmà	*nȍťьmъ
Instrumental	*noťьjǫ́	*noťьmà	*noťьmì
Vocative	*noťi	*nȍťi	*nȍťi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *polъnoťь (“midnight”)

See also

• *netopyřь (“bat”)
• (times of day) *vermena dьne; *zorja, *(j)utro, *polъdьnь, *popolъdьnь, *večerъ, *sǫmorkъ, *noťь, *polъnoťь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ночь (nočĭ)
    • Belarusian: ноч (noč)
    • Russian: ночь (nočʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ніч (nič)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: нощь (noštĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱀⱁⱋⱐ (noštĭ)

  • Bulgarian: нощ (nošt)
  • Macedonian: ноќ (noḱ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: но̑ћ

    Latin: nȏć

  • Slovene: nọ̑č (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: noc
  • Kashubian: noc
  • Polabian: nüc
  • Polish: noc
  • Slovak: noc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nóc
    • Lower Sorbian: noc

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “ночь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999) , “ночь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 579
• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999) , “*noktь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 175
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) , “ночь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa