кънижьнъ

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From кънига (kŭniga, book) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ//kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ//ˈknʲiʑɛn/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲiʑɛn/

  • Hyphenation: къ‧ни‧жь‧нъ

Adjective

кънижьнъ (kŭnižĭnŭ)

  1. (relational) book

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: кни́жный (knížnyj)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кънижьнꙑи”, 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 1396