чрьнъ

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Old Church Slavonic

чрьна котъка

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kiršnas, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós (black).

Adjective

чрьнъ (črĭnŭ)

  1. black
    • from Vita Methodii, 0300300-0300310:
      шьдъ въ Алимбь, идеже живоуть свѧтии оьци, постригъ сѧ облѣче въ чьрꙿнꙑ ризꙑ
      Going to Olympus where the holy fathers live, he was tonsured, and he put on the black habit.

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Old Church Slavonic · шари (šari) (layout · text)
     бѣлъ (bělŭ), плавъ (plavŭ)      сивъ (sivŭ), сѣръ (sěrŭ), соуръ (surŭ)      чрьнъ (črĭnŭ), галъ (galŭ), смаглъ (smaglŭ)
             чрьвл҄енъ (črĭvlʹenŭ), роумѣнъ (ruměnŭ); багъръ (bagŭrŭ)              смѣдъ (smědŭ)              жлътъ (žlŭtŭ), роусъ (rusŭ)
                          зеленъ (zelenŭ)             
                                       син҄ь (sinʹĭ)
                                      

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София