чьрнь

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ, “black”) +‎ -ь (-ĭ).

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛrnʲ/
  • Hyphenation: чь‧рнь

Noun

чьрнь (čĭrnĭ) f

  1. black, blackness
  2. (collective) peasants; mob

Declension
Declension of чьрнь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative чьрнь
čĭrnĭ		 чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрни
čĭrni
Genitive чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрнию
čĭrniju		 чьрнии
čĭrnii
Dative чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрньма
čĭrnĭma		 чьрньмъ
čĭrnĭmŭ
Accusative чьрнь
čĭrnĭ		 чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрни
čĭrni
Instrumental чьрниѭ
čĭrnijǫ		 чьрньма
čĭrnĭma		 чьрньми
čĭrnĭmi
Locative чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрнию
čĭrniju		 чьрньхъ
čĭrnĭxŭ
Vocative чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрни
čĭrni		 чьрни
čĭrni

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: чернь (černʹ)
    • Belarusian: чэрнь (černʹ)
    • Ukrainian: чернь (černʹ)
  • Russian: чернь (černʹ)

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрнь”, 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 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1564
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