See -nь on Wiktionary
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"text": "dolnь (“palm of hand”) ← Pre-Slavic *dolti (“to rub, to wreck”)\nkolnь (“slaughter”) ← *kolti (“to stab, cleave”)\ntechnically *dьnь (“day”) ← Pre-Slavic *diti (“to emerge, to brighten”)"
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"text": "dьranь (“tearing, wrench, trash”) ← *dьrati (“to tear”)\nbьranь (“yield”) ← *bьrati (“to pick up”)\nzařanь (“morning, dayspring”) ← *ozařati (“to elluminate”)\noranь (“plowing”) ← *orati (“to plow”)"
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