-знь

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.

• -знь: IPA^(key): [zʲnʲ]

-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”)

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.

• IPA^(key): [ ˈzʲnʲ]

-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”)