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огнь

/[oɡnʲ]/
Russiannoun

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→ see огонь

огнь is an alternative form of огонь.

Definitions of огонь noun · [ɐˈɡonʲ]

Full entry for огонь
  1. 1.fire (also figurative)
  2. 2.light
  3. 3.fire (of weapons)
  4. 4.Fire! (command issued to order people to shoot)

Etymology of огонь

Inherited from Old East Slavic огнь (ognĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ugnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognate with Latvian uguns, Latin ignis (whence English ignition and igneous, Latin borrowings), Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Albanian e enjte. Compare also Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (a-ak-ni-iš), an Indo-Aryan borrowing. Doublet of Агни (Agni). The second o-letter is not from an ъ-extra-short sound, but has the same origin as in extra sounds in у́голь (úgolʹ) and во́семь (vósemʹ). Because of it, the original stress was not ого́нь, but о́гонь. Anyway, the original stress today is probably not preserved in any dialect.

Forms

  • ognʹromanization
  • огня́genitive
Nominative
Singular
о́гнь
Plural
огни́
Genitive
Singular
огня́
Plural
огне́й
Dative
Singular
огню́
Plural
огня́м
Accusative
Singular
о́гнь
Plural
огни́
Instrumental
Singular
огнём
Plural
огня́ми
Prepositional
Singular
огне́
Plural
огня́х

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