Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znaxařь

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

By surface analysis, *znati +‎ *-ařь.

Noun

*znaxařь m

1. witch doctor, sangoma, shaman

Declension

Declension of *znaxařь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*znaxařь	*znaxařa	*znaxaři
genitive	*znaxařa	*znaxařu	*znaxařь
dative	*znaxařu	*znaxařema	*znaxařemъ
accusative	*znaxařь	*znaxařa	*znaxařę̇
instrumental	*znaxařьmь, *znaxařemь*	*znaxařema	*znaxaři
locative	*znaxaři	*znaxařu	*znaxařixъ
vocative	*znaxařu	*znaxařa	*znaxaři

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: знахарь (znaxarĭ), знахорь (znaxorĭ)
    • Belarusian: зна́хар (znáxar)
    • Russian: зна́харь (znáxarʹ)
    • Ukrainian: знаха́р (znaxár)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: знаха̀р (znahàr)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: znachor

Further reading

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