ворона

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See also: vorona

Russian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic ворона (vorona), from Proto-Slavic *vorna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ. Related to Lithuanian várna (crow), Tocharian B wrauña (crow). Also related to Russian во́рон (vóron, raven).

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Noun

воро́на (vorónaf anim (genitive воро́ны, nominative plural воро́ны, genitive plural воро́н, relational adjective воро́ний)

  1. crow (bird)
    бе́лая воро́наbélaja vorónarara avis
  2. cuckoo, gawk, gaper, loafer
    счита́ть воро́нsčitátʹ vorónto stand gaping about, to gape
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Descendants
  • Southern Yukaghir: парнаа (parnā)

Further reading

  • ворона in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ворона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

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Noun

во́рона (vóronam anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of во́рон (vóron)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian ворона (vorona), from Old East Slavic ворона (vorona), from Proto-Slavic *vorna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

воро́на (vorónaf animal (genitive воро́ни, nominative plural воро́ни, genitive plural воро́н)

  1. crow (bird)

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