чьрнь

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ, black) +‎ ().

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛrnʲ/
  • Hyphenation: чь‧рнь

Noun

чьрнь (čĭrnĭf

  1. black, blackness
  2. (collective) peasants; mob

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: чернь (černʹ)
  • Russian: чернь (černʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрнь”, 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 1564