звѣрь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-. Cognate to Latin ferus, Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr).

Noun

звѣрь • (zvěrĭ) m

  1. wild animal

Declension

Declension of звѣрь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative звѣрь
zvěrĭ 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрьѥ, звѣриѥ
zvěrĭje, zvěrije
genitive звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрью, звѣрию
zvěrĭju, zvěriju 		звѣрьи, звѣрии
zvěrĭi, zvěrii
dative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрьма
zvěrĭma 		звѣрьмъ
zvěrĭmŭ
accusative звѣрь
zvěrĭ 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣри
zvěri
instrumental звѣрьмь
zvěrĭmĭ 		звѣрьма
zvěrĭma 		звѣрьми
zvěrĭmi
locative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрью, звѣрию
zvěrĭju, zvěriju 		звѣрьхъ
zvěrĭxŭ
vocative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрьѥ, звѣриѥ
zvěrĭje, zvěrije

Alternative forms

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ) and Old Polish źwierzę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋeːrɪ/→/ˈzʋʲeːrʲɪ/→/ˈzʋʲɛːrʲ/, /ˈzʋʲeːrʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋeːrɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋʲeːrʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋʲɛːrʲ/, /ˈzʋʲeːrʲ/

  • Hyphenation: звѣ‧рь

Noun

звѣрь (zvěrĭ) m

  1. wild animal

Declension

Declension of звѣрь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative звѣрь
zvěrĭ 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрие
zvěrije
genitive звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрию
zvěriju 		звѣрии
zvěrii
dative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрьма
zvěrĭma 		звѣрьмъ
zvěrĭmŭ
accusative звѣрь
zvěrĭ 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣри
zvěri
instrumental звѣрьмь
zvěrĭmĭ 		звѣрьма
zvěrĭma 		звѣрьми
zvěrĭmi
locative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрию
zvěriju 		звѣрьхъ
zvěrĭxŭ
vocative звѣри
zvěri 		звѣри
zvěri 		звѣрие
zvěrije

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: звѣръ (zvěr), звѣрь (zvěrʹ) — archaic
    • Belarusian: звер (zvjer); зьвер (zʹvjer)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: звірь (zvirʹ)
    • Ukrainian: звір (zvir)
  • Russian: зверь (zverʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “звѣрь”, 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 966
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