кънѧѕь

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Old Church Slavonic

кънѧѕь Ꙗрославъ

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Old High German kuning (king).

Noun

кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭm

  1. prince
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Бꙑстъ жє кънѧѕь єтєръ въ Чєсѣхъ имєньмь Братиславъ.
      Bystŭ že kŭnędzĭ eterŭ vŭ Česěxŭ imenĭmĭ Bratislavŭ.
      But there was a certain prince in the Czech Lands, Bratislav by name.
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.
      Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.
      And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.
  2. ruler
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1126:
      властелина и кънѧѕа прозъвашѧ диꙗвола твари божии
      vlastelina i kŭnędza prozŭvašę dijavola tvari božii
      they call the devil master and prince of God's creatures

Declension