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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
кнез • (knez) m
- (historical) elected ruler or adminstrator of one or a few villages
Inflection
References
- ^ 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
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
кнез • (knez) m (feminine кнегиња, relational adjective кнежев)
- prince
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
кне̑з m (Latin spelling knȇz)
- prince
Declension