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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic звѣзда (zvězda), from Proto-Slavic *gvězda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
звезда́ • (zvezdá) f (relational adjective зве́зден, diminutive звезди́ца)
- star (celestial body)
- star (celebrity)
- (geometry) star
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References
- “звезда”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “звезда”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic звѣзда (zvězda), from Proto-Slavic *gvězda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
звезда́ • (zvezdá) f inan (genitive звезды́, nominative plural звёзды, genitive plural звёзд, relational adjective звёздный, diminutive звёздочка)
- (astronomy) star (celestial body)
- па́дающая звезда́ ― pádajuščaja zvezdá ― shooting star
- звезда́ пе́рвой величины́ ― zvezdá pérvoj veličiný ― star of the first magnitude
- star (celebrity)
- звезда́ экра́на ― zvezdá ekrána ― movie star
- (geometry) star (geometric shape)
- Звезда́ нарисо́ванная им выделя́лась среди́ остальны́х. ― Zvezdá narisóvannaja im vydeljálasʹ sredí ostalʹnýx. ― The star drawn by him was outstanding among others.
- (mechanics) spider
- Zvezda (module of the International Space Station)
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gvězda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwaisdā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwoysdʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zʋěːzda/
- Hyphenation: зве‧зда
Noun
зве́зда f (Latin spelling zvézda)
- a star
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