Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prijaznь

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 *prijàti +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*prijàznь f

1. amity, friendship

   Synonym: *družьba

Inflection

Declension of *prijàznь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prijàznь	*prijazni	*prijazni
genitive	*prijazni	*prijaznьju, *prijazňu*	*prijaznьjь, *prijazni*
dative	*prijazni	*prijaznьma	*prijaznьmъ
accusative	*prijàznь	*prijazni	*prijazni
instrumental	*prijaznьjǫ, *prijazňǫ*	*prijaznьma	*prijaznьmi
locative	*prijazni	*prijaznьju, *prijazňu*	*prijaznьxъ
vocative	*prijazni	*prijazni	*prijazni

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: приꙗзнь (prijaznĭ)
    • Russian: прия́знь (prijáznʹ)
    • Ukrainian: прия́знь (pryjáznʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: приꙗзнь (prijaznĭ)
  • Slovene: prijázən (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: přiezn
    • Czech: přízeň
  • Old Polish: przyjaźń
    • Polish: przyjaźń
    • Silesian: przijaźń
  • Slovak: priazeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pśijazń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прия́знь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress