звѣзда

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Noun

звѣзда (zvězdaf

  1. Alternative form of ѕвѣзда (dzvězda)

Declension

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: звезда (zvezda)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gvě̄zdà. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ѕвѣзда (dzvězda) and Old Polish gwiazda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʋeːˈzdɑ//zʋʲeːˈzda//zʋʲeːˈzda/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /zʋeːˈzdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /zʋʲeːˈzda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /zʋʲeːˈzda/

  • Hyphenation: звѣ‧зда

Noun

звѣзда́ (zvězdáf

  1. star

Declension

Accent paradigm с or b.

Descendants

Further reading

Russian

Noun

звѣзда́ (zvězdáf inan (genitive звѣзды́, nominative plural звѣ̈зды, genitive plural звѣ̈здъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of звезда́ (zvezdá).

Usage notes

  • звѣзда́ (zvězdá) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed ѣ () is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: ѣ̈ (). Note that this only occurs in certain inflections.

Declension