багръ

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bagrъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic багъръ (bagŭrŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑɡrʊ//ˈbaɡrʊ//ˈbaɡr/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɡrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbaɡrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbaɡr/

  • Hyphenation: ба‧гръ

Noun

багръ (bagrŭm

  1. purple
  2. purple fabric
  3. purple clothing

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: ба́гр (bágr) (archaic)

Adjective

багръ (bagrŭ)

  1. purple

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “багръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 38