банꙗ

See also: баня and бања

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰱⰰⱀⱑ (banja)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baňa.

Noun

банꙗ • (banja) f

1. bathing place
2. (figuratively) baptism, spiritual revival

Declension

Declension of банꙗ (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	банꙗ banja	бани bani	банѩ banję
genitive	банѩ banję	баню banju	бань banĭ
dative	бани bani	банꙗма banjama	банꙗмъ banjamŭ
accusative	банѭ banjǫ	бани bani	банѩ banję
instrumental	банеѭ banejǫ	банꙗма banjama	банꙗми banjami
locative	бани bani	баню banju	банꙗхъ banjaxŭ
vocative	бане bane	бани bani	банѩ banję

References

• “банꙗ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baňa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑnʲɑ/→/ˈbanʲa/→/ˈbanʲa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑnʲɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbanʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbanʲa/

• Hyphenation: ба́‧нꙗ

Noun

банꙗ (banja) f

1. bath, bathing place

Declension

Declension of банꙗ (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	банꙗ banja	бани bani	банѣ baně
Genitive	банѣ baně	баню banju	бань banĭ
Dative	бани bani	банꙗма banjama	банꙗмъ banjamŭ
Accusative	банѭ banjǫ	бани bani	банѣ baně
Instrumental	банеѭ banejǫ	банꙗма banjama	банꙗми banjami
Locative	бани bani	баню banju	банꙗхъ banjaxŭ
Vocative	бане bane	бани bani	банѣ baně

Descendants

• Russian: ба́ня (bánja)
  • → English: banya
• Ukrainian: ба́ня (bánja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “банꙗ”, 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 41