knez

See also: kněz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Belarusian князь (knjazʹ) and Ukrainian князь (knjazʹ) (from Old Ruthenian кнѧзь (knjazʹ)) and Russian князь (knjazʹ); all from Old East Slavic кънѧзь (kŭnęzĭ), кнѧзь (knęzĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь (“prince”), from earlier *kъnęgъ, by consensus ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”). Doublet of cyning and king.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɛz/, /kəˈnɛz/
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

knez (plural knezes or knezi)

  1. (historical) A duke or prince in medieval Slavic countries.
  2. (historical) A leader of the Vlach (or Romanian) communities in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

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Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knêːz/

Noun

knȇz m (Cyrillic spelling кне̑з)

  1. prince

Declension
Declension of knez
singular plural
nominative knȇz knȅzovi / knȅževi
genitive knȇza knȅzōvā / knezóvā / knȅžēvā / knežévā
dative knȇzu knȅzovima / knezòvima / knȅževima / knežèvima
accusative knȇza knȅzove / knȅževe
vocative knȇže knȅzovi / knȅževi
locative knȇzu knȅzovima / knezòvima / knȅževima / knežèvima
instrumental knȇzom knȅzovima / knezòvima / knȅževima / knežèvima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knéːs/

Noun

knẹ̑z m anim (female equivalent knéginja)

  1. prince

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. knéz
gen. sing. knéza
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 knéz knéza knézi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 knéza knézov knézov
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 knézu knézoma knézom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 knéza knéza knéze
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 knézu knézih knézih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 knézom knézoma knézi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كنز (knez, kinz, kinez), from Bulgarian кнез (knez), from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Noun

knez (definite accusative knezi, plural knezler)

  1. (historical) A prince in medieval Slavic countries.

Inflection
Inflection
Nominative knez
Definite accusative knezi
Singular Plural
Nominative knez knezler
Definite accusative knezi knezleri
Dative kneze knezlere
Locative knezde knezlerde
Ablative knezden knezlerden
Genitive knezin knezlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular knezim knezlerim
2nd singular knezin knezlerin
3rd singular knezi knezleri
1st plural knezimiz knezlerimiz
2nd plural kneziniz knezleriniz
3rd plural knezleri knezleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular knezimi knezlerimi
2nd singular knezini knezlerini
3rd singular knezini knezlerini
1st plural knezimizi knezlerimizi
2nd plural knezinizi knezlerinizi
3rd plural knezlerini knezlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular knezime knezlerime
2nd singular knezine knezlerine
3rd singular knezine knezlerine
1st plural knezimize knezlerimize
2nd plural knezinize knezlerinize
3rd plural knezlerine knezlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular knezimde knezlerimde
2nd singular knezinde knezlerinde
3rd singular knezinde knezlerinde
1st plural knezimizde knezlerimizde
2nd plural knezinizde knezlerinizde
3rd plural knezlerinde knezlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular knezimden knezlerimden
2nd singular knezinden knezlerinden
3rd singular knezinden knezlerinden
1st plural knezimizden knezlerimizden
2nd plural knezinizden knezlerinizden
3rd plural knezlerinden knezlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular knezimin knezlerimin
2nd singular knezinin knezlerinin
3rd singular knezinin knezlerinin
1st plural knezimizin knezlerimizin
2nd plural knezinizin knezlerinizin
3rd plural knezlerinin knezlerinin
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