жребий

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See also: жребии

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii), from Proto-Slavic *žerbьjь. Doublet of же́ребей (žérebej), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

Noun

жре́бий • (žrébij) m inan (genitive жре́бия, nominative plural жре́бии, genitive plural жре́биев)

  1. lot
  2. fate, destiny

Declension

Declension of жре́бий (inan masc-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative жре́бий
žrébij 		жре́бии
žrébii
genitive жре́бия
žrébija 		жре́биев
žrébijev
dative жре́бию
žrébiju 		жре́биям
žrébijam
accusative жре́бий
žrébij 		жре́бии
žrébii
instrumental жре́бием
žrébijem 		жре́биями
žrébijami
prepositional жре́бии
žrébii 		жре́биях
žrébijax

Descendants

  • → Kazakh: жеребе (jerebe)
  • → Southern Yukaghir: дьэрэбэ (dʹerebe)

References

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