ночь

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nòťь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːt͡ɕɪ//ˈnoːt͡ɕɪ//ˈnɔːt͡ɕ/, /ˈnoːt͡ɕ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnoːt͡ɕɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnoːt͡ɕɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnɔːt͡ɕ/, /ˈnoːt͡ɕ/

  • Hyphenation: но‧чь

Noun

ночь (nočĭf

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ноч (noč)
  • Russian: ночь (nočʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: нуч (nuč)
  • Ukrainian: ніч (nič)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “ночь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 469

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ночь (nočĭ), from Proto-Slavic *noťь. Doublet of нощь (noščʹ, night (archaic)), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ot͡ɕ

Noun

ночь (nočʹf inan (genitive но́чи, nominative plural но́чи, genitive plural ноче́й, relational adjective ночно́й, diminutive но́чка or но́ченька)

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
    но́чьюnóčʹjuat night
    2 часа́ но́чи2 časá nóči2 a.m. / 2 o'clock at night
    за́ ночьnočʹper night / for a night

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ночь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ночь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 579