коркодилъ

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔrkɔˈdilʊ//kɔrkɔˈdʲilʊ//kɔrkɔˈdʲil/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔrkɔˈdilʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔrkɔˈdʲilʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔrkɔˈdʲil/

  • Hyphenation: ко‧рко‧ди́‧лъ

Noun

коркодилъ (korkodilŭm

  1. crocodile

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крокоди́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коркодилъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1288
  • Avanesov, R. I., editor (1991), “коркодилъ”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. (in Russian), volume 4 (изживати – молениѥ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 267
  • Filin, F. P., editor (1980), “коркодилъ (коркодѣлъ)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. (in Russian), issue 7 (к – крагуярь), Moscow: Nauka, page 315

Old Ruthenian

коркоди́лъ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic коркодилъ (korkodilŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). Doublet of крокоди́лъ (krokodíl).

Noun

коркодилъ (korkodilm animal (related adjective коркоди́ловый)

  1. crocodile
    Synonym: крокоди́лъ (krokodíl)

Further reading