исполинъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ.[1]

Noun

исполинъ (ispolinŭm

  1. giant

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: исполин (ispolin)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьspolinъ/*spolinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 240

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