жезл

Russian

Alternative forms

  • жезе́л (žezél)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жьзлъ (žĭzlŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žezlъ. Doublet of native dialectal жезе́л (žezél).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɛzɫ]

Noun

жезл • (žezlm inan (genitive жезла́, nominative plural жезлы́, genitive plural жезло́в)

  1. staff, rod, wand

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жезл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress