кровь

See also: кровъ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic крꙑ (kry), from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound).

Cognate with Latin cruor (blood(shed)), Lithuanian kraujas, Welsh crau, English raw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krofʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -ofʲ

Noun

кровь • (krovʹf inan (genitive кро́ви, nominative plural кро́ви, genitive plural крове́й, relational adjective кро́вный or кровяно́й)

  1. (usually uncountable) blood

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

  • голуба́я кровь f (golubája krovʹ)
  • голубы́х крове́й (golubýx krovéj)
  • кровь и́з носу (krovʹ íz nosu)
  • ма́лой кро́вью (máloj króvʹju)

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