Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bližьnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bliže + *-ьnъ.
Adjective
*bližьnъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bližьnъ | *bližьna | *bližьno |
| genitive | *bližьna | *bližьny | *bližьna |
| dative | *bližьnu | *bližьně | *bližьnu |
| accusative | *bližьnъ | *bližьnǫ | *bližьno |
| instrumental | *bližьnomь | *bližьnojǫ | *bližьnomь |
| locative | *bližьně | *bližьně | *bližьně |
| vocative | *bližьne | *bližьno | *bližьno |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bližьna | *bližьně | *bližьně |
| genitive | *bližьnu | *bližьnu | *bližьnu |
| dative | *bližьnoma | *bližьnama | *bližьnoma |
| accusative | *bližьna | *bližьně | *bližьně |
| instrumental | *bližьnoma | *bližьnama | *bližьnoma |
| locative | *bližьnu | *bližьnu | *bližьnu |
| vocative | *bližьna | *bližьně | *bližьně |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bližьni | *bližьny | *bližьna |
| genitive | *bližьnъ | *bližьnъ | *bližьnъ |
| dative | *bližьnomъ | *bližьnamъ | *bližьnomъ |
| accusative | *bližьny | *bližьny | *bližьna |
| instrumental | *bližьny | *bližьnami | *bližьny |
| locative | *bližьněxъ | *bližьnaxъ | *bližьněxъ |
| vocative | *bližьni | *bližьny | *bližьna |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bližьnъjь | *bližьnaja | *bližьnoje |
| genitive | *bližьnajego | *bližьnyję̇ | *bližьnajego |
| dative | *bližьnujemu | *bližьněji | *bližьnujemu |
| accusative | *bližьnъjь | *bližьnǫjǫ | *bližьnoje |
| instrumental | *bližьnyjimь | *bližьnǫjǫ | *bližьnyjimь |
| locative | *bližьnějemь | *bližьněji | *bližьnějemь |
| vocative | *bližьnъjь | *bližьnaja | *bližьnoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bližьnaja | *bližьněji | *bližьněji |
| genitive | *bližьnuju | *bližьnuju | *bližьnuju |
| dative | *bližьnyjima | *bližьnyjima | *bližьnyjima |
| accusative | *bližьnaja | *bližьněji | *bližьněji |
| instrumental | *bližьnyjima | *bližьnyjima | *bližьnyjima |
| locative | *bližьnuju | *bližьnuju | *bližьnuju |
| vocative | *bližьnaja | *bližьněji | *bližьněji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bližьniji | *bližьnyję̇ | *bližьnaja |
| genitive | *bližьnъjixъ | *bližьnъjixъ | *bližьnъjixъ |
| dative | *bližьnyjimъ | *bližьnyjimъ | *bližьnyjimъ |
| accusative | *bližьnyję̇ | *bližьnyję̇ | *bližьnaja |
| instrumental | *bližьnyjimi | *bližьnyjimi | *bližьnyjimi |
| locative | *bližьnyjixъ | *bližьnyjixъ | *bližьnyjixъ |
| vocative | *bližьniji | *bližьnyję̇ | *bližьnaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bližьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 124