печера

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi (“to bake”) + *-tь.

Noun

печера (pečera) f

cave

Declension

Declension of печера (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	печера pečera	печерѣ pečerě	печерꙑ pečery
genitive	печерꙑ pečery	печеру pečeru	печеръ pečerŭ
dative	печерѣ pečerě	печерама pečerama	печерамъ pečeramŭ
accusative	печерѫ pečerǫ	печерѣ pečerě	печерꙑ pečery
instrumental	печероѭ pečerojǫ	печерама pečerama	печерами pečerami
locative	печерѣ pečerě	печеру pečeru	печерахъ pečeraxŭ
vocative	печеро pečero	печерѣ pečerě	печерꙑ pečery

Descendants

Belarusian: пячо́ра (pjačóra)
→ Polish: pieczara
Russian: печо́ра (pečóra)
Ukrainian: пече́ра (pečéra)

References

Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “печера”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 927

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic печера (pečera, “cave”), from Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi (“to bake”) + *-tь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

пече́ра • (pečéra) f inan (genitive пече́ри, nominative plural пече́ри, genitive plural пече́р, relational adjective пече́рний)

cave, cavern

Declension

Declension of *пече́ра*
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	пече́ра pečéra	пече́ри pečéry
genitive	пече́ри pečéry	пече́р pečér
dative	пече́рі pečéri	пече́рам pečéram
accusative	пече́ру pečéru	пече́ри pečéry
instrumental	пече́рою pečéroju	пече́рами pečéramy
locative	пече́рі pečéri	пече́рах pečérax
vocative	пече́ро pečéro	пече́ри pečéry

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “печера”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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