багръ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bagrъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic багъръ (bagŭrŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑɡrʊ//ˈbaɡrʊ//ˈbaɡr/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɡrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbaɡrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbaɡr/

  • Hyphenation: ба‧гръ

Noun

багръ (bagrŭm

  1. purple
  2. purple fabric
  3. purple clothing

Declension

Declension of багръ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative багръ
bagrŭ
багра
bagra
багри
bagri
genitive багра
bagra
багру
bagru
багръ
bagrŭ
dative багру
bagru
багрома
bagroma
багромъ
bagromŭ
accusative багръ
bagrŭ
багра
bagra
багрꙑ
bagry
instrumental багръмь
bagrŭmĭ
багрома
bagroma
багрꙑ
bagry
locative багрѣ
bagrě
багру
bagru
багрѣхъ
bagrěxŭ
vocative багре
bagre
багра
bagra
багри
bagri

Descendants

  • Russian: ба́гор (bágor, purple; purple paint; Coccus); баго́р (bagór) (obsolete), ба́гр (bágr) (archaic)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ба́грий (báhryj)
  • Ukrainian: ба́гор (báhor, purple)

Adjective

багръ (bagrŭ)

  1. purple

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “багръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 38