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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-znь. The spelling in the nominative case may have been influenced by Old Church Slavonic -знь (-znĭ), as -зень would probably be expected, compare Czech bázeň, Polish bojaźń, Serbo-Croatian бојазан, Slovene bojazen and Bulgarian боя́зън (bojázǎn) exhibiting -zьnь while deriving from *bojaznь.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-знь • (-znʹ)
- suffix appended to verbs to create nouns denoting act, state
- боя́ться (bojátʹsja, “to fear, to be afraid (of),”) + -знь (-znʹ) → боя́знь (bojáznʹ, “fear, phobia”)
- жить (žitʹ, “to live”) + -знь (-znʹ) → жизнь (žiznʹ, “life”)
Declension