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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *griva.
Pronunciation
Noun
гри́ва • (gríva) f
- mane
Declension
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *griva.
Pronunciation
Noun
грива • (griva) f (diminutive гривичка)
- mane
Declension
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *griva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡriʋɑ/→/ˈɡrʲiʋa/→/ˈɡrʲiʋa/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡriʋɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡrʲiʋa/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡrʲiʋa/
Noun
грива (griva) f
- mane
Declension
Declension of грива (hard a-stem)
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *griva. Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रीवा (grīvā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
гри́ва • (gríva) f inan (genitive гри́вы, nominative plural гри́вы, genitive plural грив)
- mane
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *griva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrîʋa/
- Hyphenation: гри‧ва
Noun
гри̏ва f (Latin spelling grȉva)
- mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal)
Declension
Further reading
- “грива” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *griva.
Pronunciation
Noun
гри́ва • (hrýva) f inan (genitive гри́ви, nominative plural гри́ви, genitive plural грив)
- mane
Declension
Declension of гри́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References