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

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