Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nòťь.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ночь (nočĭf

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

Declension edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 469

Russian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [not͡ɕ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ot͡ɕ

Noun edit

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

  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 edit

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