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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жьрдь (žĭrdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with Polish żerdź, Slovak žrď.
Pronunciation
Noun
жердь • (žerdʹ) f inan (genitive же́рди, nominative plural же́рди, genitive plural жерде́й)
- perch; pole; ricker
1975, Владимир Войнович , “Часть первая. 1”, in Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина, Париж: YMCA-Press; English translation from Richard Lourie, transl., The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977:Спохвати́вшись на свои́, ещё неокре́пшие от испу́га но́ги, она́ прово́рно проле́зла ме́жду жердя́ми в забо́ре и ки́нулась к постепе́нно густе́вшей толпе́.- Spoxvatívšisʹ na svoí, ješčó neokrépšije ot ispúga nógi, oná provórno prolézla méždu žerdjámi v zabóre i kínulasʹ k postepénno gustévšej tolpé.
- Teetering on legs that still quivered from fear, Nyura nimbly wriggled through her rail fence and dashed toward the gradually thickening crowd.
Declension