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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗсли (jasli), from Proto-Slavic *jasli, from earlier Proto-Slavic *ědsli-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēd-. Related to Russian есть (jestʹ, “to eat”), Russian еда́ (jedá, “food”), Russian яд (jad), Russian я́ство (jástvo), Russian я́стель (jástelʹ, “eater”).
Pronunciation
Noun
я́сли • (jásli) f inan pl (genitive я́слей, plural only, diminutive я́сельки)
- nursery, crèche
- crib
- manger
- Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer
Declension
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plural
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nominative
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я́сли jásli
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genitive
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я́слей jáslej
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dative
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я́слям jásljam
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accusative
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я́сли jásli
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instrumental
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я́слями jásljami
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prepositional
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я́слях jásljax
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Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ясли”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress