кънѧѕь

Old Church Slavonic

кънѧѕь Ꙗрославъ

Alternative forms

• кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ), кнѧзь (knęzĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate with Old High German kuning (“king”).

Noun

кънѧѕь • (kŭnędzĭ) m

1. prince
   • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:

     Бꙑстъ жє кънѧѕь єтєръ въ Чєсѣхъ имєньмь Братиславъ.

     Bystŭ že kŭnędzĭ eterŭ vŭ Česěxŭ imenĭmĭ Bratislavŭ.

     But there was a certain prince in the Czech Lands, Bratislav by name.

   • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:

     Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.

     Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.

     And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.

2. ruler
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1126:

     властелина и кънѧѕа прозъвашѧ диꙗвола твари божии

     vlastelina i kŭnędza prozŭvašę dijavola tvari božii

     they call the devil master and prince of God's creatures

Declension

Declension of кънѧѕь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	кънѧѕь kŭnędzĭ	кънѧѕа kŭnędza	кънѧѕи kŭnędzi
genitive	кънѧѕа kŭnędza	кънѧѕоу kŭnędzu	кънѧѕь kŭnędzĭ
dative	кънѧѕоу, кънѧѕеви kŭnędzu, kŭnędzevi	кънѧѕема kŭnędzema	кънѧѕемъ kŭnędzemŭ
accusative	кънѧѕь, кънѧѕа kŭnędzĭ, kŭnędza	кънѧѕа kŭnędza	кънѧѕѧ kŭnędzę
instrumental	кънѧѕемь kŭnędzemĭ	кънѧѕема kŭnędzema	кънѧѕи kŭnędzi
locative	кънѧѕи kŭnędzi	кънѧѕоу kŭnędzu	кънѧѕихъ kŭnędzixŭ
vocative	кънѧже kŭnęže	кънѧѕа kŭnędza	кънѧѕи kŭnędzi