жезл

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жьзлъ (žĭzlŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žezlъ. Doublet of native dialectal жезе́л (žezél).

Pronunciation

Noun

жезл • (žezl) m inan (genitive жезла́, nominative plural жезлы́, genitive plural жезло́в)

  1. staff, rod, wand

Declension

Declension of жезл (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative же́зл
žézl 		жезлы́
žezlý
genitive жезла́
žezlá 		жезло́в
žezlóv
dative жезлу́
žezlú 		жезла́м
žezlám
accusative же́зл
žézl 		жезлы́
žezlý
instrumental жезло́м
žezlóm 		жезла́ми
žezlámi
prepositional жезле́
žezlé 		жезла́х
žezláx

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жезл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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