Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/noťь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *náktis, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

*nòťь f

1. night

Inflection

Declension of *nòťь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nòťь	*noťì	*noťì
genitive	*nòťi	*nòťьju, *noťu*	*noťь̀jь, *nòťi*
dative	*noťì	*nòťьma	*noťь̀mъ
accusative	*nòťь	*noťì	*noťì
instrumental	*nòťьjǫ, *nòťǫ*	*nòťьma	*nòťьmī
locative	*nòťi	*nòťьju, *noťu*	*noťь̀xъ
vocative	*noťi	*noťì	*noťì

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *nȍťь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍťь	*nȍťi	*nȍťi
genitive	*noťí	*noťьjù, *noťu*	*noťь̀jь
dative	*nȍťi	*noťьmà	*nȍťьmъ
accusative	*nȍťь	*nȍťi	*nȍťi
instrumental	*noťьjǫ́	*noťьmà	*noťьmì
locative	*noťí	*noťьjù, *noťu*	*nȍťьxъ
vocative	*noťi	*nȍťi	*nȍťi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative reconstructions

• *nȍťь (accent paradigm c)

Derived terms

• *polъnoťь (“midnight”)
• *noťьsь (“last night; tonight”)

See also

• *netopyřь (“bat”)
• (times of day) *vermena dьne; *zorja, *(j)utro, *polъdьnь, *popolъdьnь, *večerъ, *sǫmorkъ, *noťь, *polъnoťь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ночь (nočĭ)
    • Belarusian: ноч (noč)
    • Russian: ночь (nočʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: нуч (nuč)
    • Ukrainian: ніч (nič)
  • Old Pskovian: ноць (noćĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: нощь (noštĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱀⱁⱋⱐ (noštĭ)

  • Bulgarian: нощ (nošt)
  • Macedonian: ноќ (noḱ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: но̑ћ

    Latin script: nȏć

  • Slovene: nọ̑č (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: noc
    • Czech: noc
  • Old Polish: noc
    • Polish: noc
    • Silesian: noc
  • Old Slovak: noc
    • Pannonian Rusyn: ноц (noc)
    • Slovak: noc
  • Polabian: nüc
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: noc
    • Slovincian: nôc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nóc
    • Lower Sorbian: noc

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ночь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ночь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 579
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*noktь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 175
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ночь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa