Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěnь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *grěti (“to heat”) + *-nь. Possibly akin to Latin rēn (“kidney”), Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “midriff, heart, seat of emotions”).
Noun
*grě̑nь f[1]
Declension
Declension of *grě̑nь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grě̑nь | *grě̑ni | *grě̑ni |
| genitive | *grění | *grěnьjù, *grěňu* | *grěnь̀jь |
| dative | *grě̑ni | *grěnьmà | *grě̑nьmъ |
| accusative | *grě̑nь | *grě̑ni | *grě̑ni |
| instrumental | *grěnьjǫ́ | *grěnьmà | *grěnьmì |
| locative | *grění | *grěnьjù, *grěňu* | *grě̑nьxъ |
| vocative | *grěni | *grě̑ni | *grě̑ni |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: грянь (hrjanʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гран (gran, “rot”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: grẹ̑n, grének (tonal orthography)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěnь/*granь?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гран”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 273
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “grének”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*grě̑nь”