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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerbę, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-. Cognate with Belarusian жарабя́ (žarabjá), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę), Polish źrebię.
Pronunciation
Noun
жереб'я́ • (žerebʺjá) n animal (genitive жереб'я́ти, nominative plural жереб'я́та, genitive plural жереб'я́т, relational adjective жереб'я́чий, diminutive жереб'я́тко)
- foal
- Synonym: лоша́ (lošá)
Declension
Declension of жереб'я́ (animal t-stem neut-form accent-b)
References
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “жереб'я́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жереб'я́”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “жереб'я́”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN