кънѧѕь
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Old High German kuning (“king”).
Noun
кънѧѕь • (kŭnędzĭ) m
- prince
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
- Бꙑстъ жє кънѧѕь єтєръ въ Чєсѣхъ имєньмь Братиславъ.
- Bystŭ že kŭnędzĭ eterŭ vŭ Česěxŭ imenĭmĭ Bratislavŭ.
- But there was a certain prince in the Czech Lands, Bratislav by name.
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
- Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.
- Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.
- And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
- ruler
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1126:
- властелина и кънѧѕа прозъвашѧ диꙗвола твари божии
- vlastelina i kŭnędza prozŭvašę dijavola tvari božii
- they call the devil master and prince of God's creatures
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1126:
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | кънѧѕь kŭnędzĭ |
кънѧѕа kŭnędza |
кънѧѕи kŭnędzi |
| genitive | кънѧѕа kŭnędza |
кънѧѕоу kŭnędzu |
кънѧѕь kŭnędzĭ |
| dative | кънѧѕоу, кънѧѕеви kŭnędzu, kŭnędzevi |
кънѧѕема kŭnędzema |
кънѧѕемъ kŭnędzemŭ |
| accusative | кънѧѕь, кънѧѕа kŭnędzĭ, kŭnędza |
кънѧѕа kŭnędza |
кънѧѕѧ kŭnędzę |
| instrumental | кънѧѕемь kŭnędzemĭ |
кънѧѕема kŭnędzema |
кънѧѕи kŭnędzi |
| locative | кънѧѕи kŭnędzi |
кънѧѕоу kŭnędzu |
кънѧѕихъ kŭnędzixŭ |
| vocative | кънѧже kŭnęže |
кънѧѕа kŭnędza |
кънѧѕи kŭnędzi |
Descendants
- Mordvinic:
- → Erzya: kińäź