зніч

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably of the same root as зно́іць (znóicʹ), from Proto-Slavic *zněti, Proto-Slavic *znoiti, Proto-Slavic *znoi > Proto-Slavic *znojь with nominalizer suffix Proto-Slavic *-čь (like *biti — *bičь).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zʲnʲit͡ʂ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

зніч • (znič) m inan (genitive зні́чу, uncountable)

  1. sacred fire in pagan tradition

Declension
Declension of зніч (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative зніч
znič
genitive зні́чу
zníču
dative зні́чу
zníču
accusative зніч
znič
instrumental зні́чам
zníčam
locative зні́чы
zníčy

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Polish: znicz

References
  • “зніч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “зніч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 340
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “znicz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 744
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