Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From кънига (kŭniga, book) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiʑɪnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲiʑɛn/
  • Hyphenation: къ‧ни‧жь‧нъ

Adjective edit

кънижьнъ (kŭnižĭnŭ)

  1. (relational) book

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Russian: кни́жный (knížnyj)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кънижьнꙑи”, 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 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1396