зніч

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• зьніч (zʹnič) — Taraškievica orthography
• źnicz, źnič — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

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]

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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

• зні́чка (zníčka)

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