островъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ.

Noun

островъ (ostrovŭm

  1. island

Old East Slavic

Островꙑ (1).
Островъ (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: о‧стро‧въ

Noun

островъ (ostrovŭm

  1. rock
  2. island

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “островъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 743

Old Ruthenian

о́стровъ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic о́стровъ (óstrovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abstrawas, from *strawas, from Proto-Indo-European *s(t)rówos, from *srew-. Cognate with Russian о́стров (óstrov).

Noun

островъ (ostrovm inan

  1. island

Descendants

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