Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nòťь.

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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ночь (nočĭf

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

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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References

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  • 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