Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojaznь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *bojati (“to fear”) +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*bojaznь f

1. fear, anxiety

Declension

Declension of *bojaznь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bojaznь	*bojazni	*bojazni
genitive	*bojazni	*bojaznьju, *bojazňu*	*bojaznьjь, *bojazni*
dative	*bojazni	*bojaznьma	*bojaznьmъ
accusative	*bojaznь	*bojazni	*bojazni
instrumental	*bojaznьjǫ, *bojazňǫ*	*bojaznьma	*bojaznьmi
locative	*bojazni	*bojaznьju, *bojazňu*	*bojaznьxъ
vocative	*bojazni	*bojazni	*bojazni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: боꙗзнь (bojaznĭ)
    • Belarusian: бо́язь (bójazʹ)
    • Russian: боя́знь (bojáznʹ)
    • Ukrainian: бо́ясть (bójastʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: боꙗзнь (bojaznĭ)

    Unspecified script:

  • Bulgarian: боя́зън (bojázǎn)
  • Macedonian: бојазан (bojazan)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̏јазан

    Latin script: bȍjȃzan

  • Slovene: bojȃzen
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bázn
    • Czech: bázeň
  • Polish: bojaźń
  • Slovak: bázeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bójazń

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojaznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 165
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боя́знь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress