познїй

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• пѡ́знїй (pốznij), пу́знїй (púznij) — Middle Ukrainian
• по́зный (póznyj)

Etymology

PIE word
*pós

Inherited from Old East Slavic по́здьнъ (pózdĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pòzdьnъ, from *pòzdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pásdas, from Proto-Indo-European *pósdʰh₁-os. Cognate with Russian по́здний (pózdnij).

Adjective

по́знїй • (póznij)

1. late

Descendants

• Belarusian: по́зні (pózni); по́зны (pózny) (dialectal)
• Carpathian Rusyn: пу́здный (púzdnŷj)
• Ukrainian: пі́зній (píznij); пі́зний (píznyj) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2006), “позный, позний”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 26 (позней – поробтати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 4