зніч

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Belarusian

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Etymology

Probably of the same root as зно́іць (znóicʹ), from Proto-Slavic *zněti, Proto-Slavic *znoiti, Proto-Slavic *znoi > Proto-Slavic *znojь with nominalizer suffix Proto-Slavic *-čь (like *biti*bičь).

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Noun

зніч (zničm inan (genitive зні́чу, uncountable)

  1. sacred fire in pagan tradition

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Descendants

  • Polish: znicz

References

  • зніч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “зніч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 340
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “znicz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 744