кънига

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic кън҄ига (kŭnʹiga) and Old Polish księga.

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲiɡa/
  • Hyphenation: къ‧ни‧га

Noun

кънига (kŭniga) f (diminutive кънижька, related adjective кънижьнъ)

  1. book

Declension
Declension of кънига (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative кънига
kŭniga		 кънизѣ
kŭnizě		 кънигꙑ
kŭnigy
Genitive кънигꙑ
kŭnigy		 кънигу
kŭnigu		 кънигъ
kŭnigŭ
Dative кънизѣ
kŭnizě		 кънигама
kŭnigama		 кънигамъ
kŭnigamŭ
Accusative кънигѫ
kŭnigǫ		 кънизѣ
kŭnizě		 кънигꙑ
kŭnigy
Instrumental кънигоѭ
kŭnigojǫ		 кънигама
kŭnigama		 кънигами
kŭnigami
Locative кънизѣ
kŭnizě		 кънигу
kŭnigu		 кънигахъ
kŭnigaxŭ
Vocative къниго
kŭnigo		 кънизѣ
kŭnizě		 кънигꙑ
kŭnigy

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: кни́га (kníha)
  • Russian: кни́га (kníga) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ossetian: (Iron) чиныг (ḱinyg), (Digor) киунугӕ (kiwnugæ), кинугӕ (kinugæ)
  • → Erzya: кинига (kińiga)

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кънига”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1391
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