чловѣкъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Noun

чловѣкъ (člověkŭm

  1. man, human

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.

Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕlɔˈʋeːkʊ//t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲeːkʊ//t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲɛːk/, /t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲeːk/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕlɔˈʋeːkʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲeːkʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲɛːk/, /t͡ɕlɔˈʋʲeːk/

  • Hyphenation: чло‧вѣ‧къ

Noun

чловѣкъ (člověkŭm (related adjective чловѣчии)

  1. Alternative form of человѣкъ (čelověkŭ)

Declension

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чловѣкъ”, 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 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1535