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.[1]

    Noun

    *nòťь f[2]

    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[1] (accent paradigm c)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ночь (nočĭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: ночъ (noč), нѡчъ (nôč), нучъ (nuč)
          • Belarusian: ноч (noč)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: нуч (nuč)
          • Ukrainian: ніч (nič); нич (nyč) (West Polesian)
        • Russian: ночь (nočʹ)
      • Old Pskovian: ноць (nocʹĭ)
        • Russian: ноць (nocʹ) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: noc
      • Old Polish: noc
      • Old Slovak: noc
      • Polabian: nüc
      • Pomeranian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: nóc
        • Lower Sorbian: noc

    See also

    times of day: *vermena dьneedit

    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. (1999), “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

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nȏktь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
    2. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020), «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow; Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 283:Праслав. *nȏktь, P. *noktì а. п. dPraslav. *nȏktʹ, P. *noktì a. p. d
    3. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нощес”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 697