княгиня

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knʲəˈɡʲinʲə/

Noun

княгиня (knjagínja) f

  1. princess

Inflection

Synonyms


Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnęgynja; compare Ukrainian княги́ня (knjahýnja), Serbo-Croatian кнѐгиња, Slovene knegínja (tonal orthography). Equivalent to княг- (knjag-) + -ы́ня (-ýnja). князь (knjazʹ) is derived from Early Proto-Slavic *kuningu, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, with з by the application of Slavic progressive palatalization, which was blocked by the following *y in *kъnęgynja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [knʲɪˈɡʲinʲə]
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Noun

княги́ня (knjagínja) f anim (genitive княги́ни, nominative plural княги́ни, genitive plural княги́нь)

  1. princess (the prince’s consort), duchess
  2. daughter
  3. (poetic) bride in old wedding rituals.

Declension

See also

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