Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blaznь

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

Usually derived from *blaziti (“to shine”) +‎ *-snь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”).

Noun

*blȃznь f

1. bait

Declension

Declension of *blaznь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blaznь	*blazni	*blazni
genitive	*blazni	*blaznьju, *blazňu*	*blaznьjь, *blazni*
dative	*blazni	*blaznьma	*blaznьmъ
accusative	*blaznь	*blazni	*blazni
instrumental	*blaznьjǫ, *blazňǫ*	*blaznьma	*blaznьmi
locative	*blazni	*blaznьju, *blazňu*	*blaznьxъ
vocative	*blazni	*blazni	*blazni

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *blazniti (“to lure”)
• *sъblaznь (“temptation”)
• *blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
• *blaznivъ (“flattering”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съблазнъ m (sŭblaznŭ) (re-analyzed as a derivative of the adjective *blaznъ)
    • Russian: собла́зн m (soblázn)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: блазнь (blaznĭ)
  • Bulgarian: съблазън (sǎblazǎn)
  • Macedonian: соблазан (soblazan)
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȁblāzan
• Non-Slavic
  • → Romanian: săblaznă

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “собла́зн”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blaznъ(jь) / *blazna / *blazno / *blaznь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 53