князь

• kniaź — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь.

Doublet of ксёндз (ksjondz), a borrowing from Polish.

• IPA^(key): [knʲasʲ]

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князь • (knjazʹ) m pers (genitive кня́зя, nominative plural князі́, genitive plural князёў, feminine княгі́ня, relational adjective кня́жацкі or кня́жы or кня́скі or кня́жыцкі, diminutive князёк)

1. prince; duke

• “князь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The feminine form княги́ня (knjagínja, “princess”) has preserved the original, Germanic g sound.

Doublet of ксёндз (ksjondz), a borrowing from Polish, and конунг (konung).

• IPA^(key): [knʲæsʲ]

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князь • (knjazʹ) m anim (genitive кня́зя, nominative plural князья́ or кня́зи^*, genitive plural князе́й, feminine княги́ня, relational adjective кня́жеский or кня́жий, diminutive князёк) (* uncommon)

1. prince; duke

• In medieval Russia, the term князь (knjazʹ) denoted the ruler of a principality. In the Russian Empire, it was a high noble title which could be inherited or bestowed by the tsar, and was automatically granted to some members of the imperial family. The term is also used to translate some foreign noble titles, e.g. the German Fürst, the Italian principe, and the Georgian თავადი (tavadi) and ერისთავი (eristavi).
• There is a special translative form in the saying из гря́зи в кня́зи (iz grjázi v knjázi, “from rags to riches”).

• вели́кий кня́зь (velíkij knjázʹ)
• из гря́зи в кня́зи (iz grjázi v knjázi)
• княги́ня (knjagínja)
• кня́жение (knjáženije)
• кня́жество (knjážestvo)
• кня́жить (knjážitʹ)
• кня́жич (knjážič)
• княжна́ (knjažná)

• → Azerbaijani: knyaz
• → Kazakh: кінәз (kınäz)
• → Turkmen: knýaz
• → Polish: kniaź
• → Yakut: кинээс (kinees)

• принц (princ)

Inherited from Old Ukrainian князь m (knjazʹ, “a prince”), кнѧ́зь m (knjázʹ), from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь m (“a prince”). Doublet of ксьондз (ksʹondz) and кінг (kinh).

• IPA^(key): [knʲazʲ]

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князь • (knjazʹ) m pers (genitive кня́зя, nominative plural кня́зі, genitive plural кня́зів, feminine княги́ня, relational adjective князі́вський or кня́жий or кня́зів or князьки́й, diminutive кня́зик)

1. the monarch of a state or a principality: prince, king, duke
2. a royal title: prince, duke, etc.
3. groom, bridegroom

• In medieval Ukraine (Kyivan Rus and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), the term князь (knjazʹ) denoted the ruler of a state, later also of a principality. The ruler of a great state or an autonomous great principality was also called великий князь (grand duke) to distinguish him from the other dukes.

• князі́вство n (knjazívstvo)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “князь”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN