законъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ конъ (konŭ), Proto-Slavic *zakonъ.

Noun

законъ (zakonŭm

  1. law

Declension

Declension of законъ (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative законъ
zakonŭ
закона
zakona
закони
zakoni
genitive закона
zakona
законоу
zakonu
законъ
zakonŭ
dative законоу
zakonu
законома
zakonoma
закономъ
zakonomŭ
accusative законъ
zakonŭ
закона
zakona
законꙑ
zakony
instrumental закономъ
zakonomŭ
законома
zakonoma
законꙑ
zakony
locative законѣ
zakoně
законоу
zakonu
законѣхъ
zakoněxŭ
vocative законе
zakone
закона
zakona
закони
zakoni

Derived terms

References

  • законъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
  • Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2016), “zakonъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského (in Czech), numbers 18 (větъ – zakonъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1122

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zakonъ. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic законъ (zakonŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɑˈkɔnʊ//zaˈkɔnʊ//zaˈkɔːn/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /zɑˈkɔnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /zaˈkɔnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /zaˈkɔːn/

  • Hyphenation: за‧ко‧нъ

Noun

законъ (zakonŭm

  1. law
  2. testament, teaching
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 4:
      отъкрꙑи бо рече очи мои да раꙁоумѣю чюдеса отъ ꙁакона твоѥго
      otŭkryi bo reče oči moi da razuměju čjudesa otŭ zakona tvojego
      For he says "Open my eyes so that I understand the miracles from your testament."

Declension

Declension of законъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative законъ
zakonŭ
закона
zakona
закони
zakoni
genitive закона
zakona
закону
zakonu
законъ
zakonŭ
dative закону
zakonu
законома
zakonoma
закономъ
zakonomŭ
accusative законъ
zakonŭ
закона
zakona
законꙑ
zakony
instrumental законъмь
zakonŭmĭ
законома
zakonoma
законꙑ
zakony
locative законѣ
zakoně
закону
zakonu
законѣхъ
zakoněxŭ
vocative законе
zakone
закона
zakona
закони
zakoni

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: зако́нъ (zakón)
  • Russian: зако́н (zakón) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “законъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 921

Russian

Noun

зако́нъ (zakónm inan (genitive зако́на, nominative plural зако́ны, genitive plural зако́новъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of зако́н (zakón).

Declension