червь

From Proto-Slavic *čьrvь, distantly related to English kermes.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕerfʲ]

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червь • (červʹ) m anim or m inan (genitive червя́, nominative plural че́рви, genitive plural черве́й)

1. worm (invertebrate)
2. (informal) caterpillar, maggot, helminth, grub, larva
3. (by extension, figuratively) a gnawing feeling, often with the verb точи́ть (točítʹ)

   Одна́ко червь сомне́ния то́чит.

   Odnáko červʹ somnénija tóčit.

   However, (I am/he is, etc.) tormented by the doubt.

   (literally, “However, the worm of doubts wears (one) away.”)

4. (by extension) mere worm, an insignificant person
5. (computing) worm (a computer program)
6. (inanimate, archaic) name of the letter Ч.
7. (card cames, inanimate) same as че́рвы (čérvy)
8. (anatomy, inanimate) part of cerebellum (vermis cerebelli)

• (worm): червя́к (červják)

Compound words:

• червеобра́зный (červeobráznyj)
• червото́чина f (červotóčina)

Compounds:

• пло́ский че́рвь m anim (plóskij čérvʹ)

• че́рвы (čérvy), че́рва (čérva)
• червлёный (červljónyj)
• черво́нный (červónnyj)
• черво́нец m (červónec)

• личи́нка (ličínka), гу́сеница (gúsenica), глист (glist), опа́рыш (opáryš)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “червь”, 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.