княз

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian князь (knjazʹ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Doublet of кнез (knez) from Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ).[2]

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Noun

княз • (knjaz) m (feminine княги́ня)

  1. prince
    Synonym: принц (princ)

Declension

Declension of княз
singular plural
indefinite княз
knjaz 		князе́, кня́зове1
knjazé, knjázove1
definite
(subject form) 		кня́зът
knjázǎt 		князе́те, кня́зовете1
knjazéte, knjázovete1
definite
(object form) 		кня́за
knjáza
vocative form кня́же
knjáže 		князе́, кня́зове1
knjazé, knjázove1

1Archaic.

References

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “княз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 499
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кнез”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 495

Further reading

  • “княз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “княз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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