кънѧжити

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnęžiti, equivalent to кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ, prince) +‎ -ити (-iti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊˈnɛ̃ʑiti//kʊˈnʲaʑitʲi//ˈknʲaʑitʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnɛ̃ʑiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲaʑitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲaʑitʲi/

  • Hyphenation: къ‧нѧ‧жи‧ти

Verb

кънѧжити (kŭnęžitiimpf

  1. (intransitive) to rule; to reign; to be the knyaz

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: кня́жити (knjážiti)
    • Belarusian: кня́жыць (knjážycʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: кня́зити (knjázyty)
    • Ukrainian: кня́жити (knjážyty)
  • Russian: кня́жить (knjážitʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “кънѧжити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1400