искони

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz koni.

Adverb

искони (iskoni)

  1. in the beginning, from the beginning

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz koni or likely borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искони (iskoni).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪskɔˈni//jɪskɔˈnʲi//jskɔˈnʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jɪskɔˈni/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jɪskɔˈnʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jskɔˈnʲi/

  • Hyphenation: и‧ско‧ни

Adverb

искони (iskoni)

  1. in the beginning

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]‎ (in Russian), volume 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 (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 249

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искони (iskoni), from Proto-Slavic *jьz koni.

Pronunciation

Adverb

искони́ (iskoní)

  1. (archaic, literary, poetic) since olden times, from of old, from time immemorial
    Synonyms: издре́вле (izdrévle), и́сстари (ísstari), споко́н веко́в (spokón vekóv), споко́н ве́ку (spokón véku)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:искони.

Derived terms

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