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Russian
- мяздра́ (mjazdrá) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męzdra, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (“flesh, meat”). Cognates include Ukrainian міздря́ (mizdrjá), Belarusian мяздра́ (mjazdrá), Polish miazdra and Czech mázdra as well as Latin membrum. Related to мя́со (mjáso, “meat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
мездра́ • (mezdrá) f inan (genitive мездры́, uncountable)
- the inner side of hide
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяздра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress