Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blaznь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Usually derived from *blaziti (“to shine”) + *-snь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”).
Noun
*blȃznь f[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *blaznь | *blazni | *blazni |
| genitive | *blazni | *blaznьju, *blazňu* | *blaznьjь, *blazni* |
| dative | *blazni | *blaznьma | *blaznьmъ |
| accusative | *blaznь | *blazni | *blazni |
| instrumental | *blaznьjǫ, *blazňǫ* | *blaznьma | *blaznьmi |
| locative | *blazni | *blaznьju, *blazňu* | *blaznьxъ |
| vocative | *blazni | *blazni | *blazni |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *blazniti (“to lure”)
- *sъblaznь (“temptation”)
- *blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
- *blaznivъ (“flattering”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: săblaznă
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “собла́зн”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blaznъ(jь) / *blazna / *blazno / *blaznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 53
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “blázen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*blȃznь”