Киевъ

Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/→/ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/→/ˈkɛjɛːʋ/, /ˈkijɛːʋ/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪjɛʋʊ/, /ˈkijɛʋʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛjɛːʋ/, /ˈkijɛːʋ/

Hyphenation: Ки‧е‧въ

Proper noun

Киевъ (Kijevŭ) m (related adjective киевьскъ)

alternative form of Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ)
- 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 1:
  кто въ києвѣ нача первѣє кнѧжи^т и ѿкуду рускаꙗ ꙁемлѧ стала єсть⁘
  kto vŭ kijevě nača pervěje knęži^t i otŭkudu ruskaja zemlę stala jestĭ⁘
  Who in Kiev first started to reign and whence the Russian land has started to be.
- c. 1425, Hypatian Codex‎^[2], page 7:
  Се же соуть и҆мена кнѧ̀ꙁемь кие҆вьскыⷨ кнѧжившиⷨ в кие҆вѣ.
  Se že sutĭ imena knę̀zemĭ kijevĭskyⷨ knęživšiⷨ v kijevě.
  And these are the names of the Kievan princes who ruled in Kiev.

Declension

Declension of Киевъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Киевъ Kijevŭ	— —	— —
genitive	Киева Kijeva	— —	— —
dative	Киеву Kijevu	— —	— —
accusative	Киевъ Kijevŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	Киевъмь Kijevŭmĭ	— —	— —
locative	Киевѣ Kijevě	— —	— —
vocative	Киеве Kijeve	— —	— —