-знь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-znь. The spelling in the nominative case may have been influenced by Old Church Slavonic -знь (-znĭ), as -зень would probably be expected, compare Czech bázeň, Polish bojaźń, Serbo-Croatian бојазан, Slovene bojazen and Bulgarian боя́зън (bojázǎn) exhibiting -zьnь while deriving from *bojaznь.

Pronunciation

• -знь: IPA^(key): [zʲnʲ]

Suffix

-знь • (-znʹ)

1. suffix appended to verbs to create nouns denoting act, state

   ‎боя́ться (bojátʹsja, “to fear, to be afraid (of),”) + ‎-знь (-znʹ) → ‎боя́знь (bojáznʹ, “fear, phobia”)

   ‎жить (žitʹ, “to live”) + ‎-знь (-znʹ) → ‎жизнь (žiznʹ, “life”)

Declension

Declension of -знь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-знь -znʹ	-зни -zni
genitive	-зни -zni	-зней -znej
dative	-зни -zni	-зням -znjam
accusative	-знь -znʹ	-зни -zni
instrumental	-знью -znʹju	-знями -znjami
prepositional	-зни -zni	-знях -znjax

Russian terms suffixed with -знь

болезнь

боязнь

жизнь

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-znь. The spelling in the nominative case may have been influenced by Old Church Slavonic -знь (-znĭ), as -зень would probably be expected, compare Czech bázeň, Polish bojaźń, Serbo-Croatian бојазан, Slovene bojazen and Bulgarian боя́зън (bojázǎn) exhibiting -zьnь while deriving from *bojaznь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈzʲnʲ]

Suffix

-знь • (-znʹ) f inan

1. suffix appended to verbs to create nouns denoting act, state

   ‎боя́тися (bojátysja, “to fear, to be afraid (of),”) + ‎-знь (-znʹ) → ‎боя́знь (bojáznʹ, “fear, phobia”)

Declension

Declension of -́знь
(inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-́знь -́znʹ	-зні́ -zní
genitive	-зні́ -zní	-зне́й -znéj
dative	-зні́ -zní	-зня́м -znjám
accusative	-́знь -́znʹ	-зні́ -zní
instrumental	-зню́ -znjú	-зня́ми -znjámy
locative	-зні́ -zní	-зня́х -znjáx
vocative	-зне́ -zné	-зні́ -zní

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -знь

боязнь