желвь

Russian

Alternative forms

жолвь (žolvʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʐɛɫfʲ]

Noun

желвь • (želvʹ) f anim (genitive же́лви, nominative plural же́лви, genitive plural желве́й)

(obsolete) tortoise; turtle
Synonym: черепа́ха (čerepáxa)

Желвь ежака́ не обго́нит. ― Želvʹ ježaká ne obgónit. ― A tortoise won't overtake a hedgehog.
(rare) a kind of earth tortoise with a thick shell

Declension

Declension of желвь (anim fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)

	singular	plural
nominative	же́лвь žélvʹ	же́лви žélvi
genitive	же́лви žélvi	желве́й želvéj
dative	же́лви žélvi	желвя́м želvjám
accusative	же́лвь žélvʹ	желве́й želvéj
instrumental	же́лвью žélvʹju	желвя́ми želvjámi
prepositional	же́лви žélvi	желвя́х želvjáx

Further reading

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “желвь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.