вороной

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Russian

illustration: a man, a woman, and a cat stand next to a race car
horse logo on Ivan Tsarevich's car with label Voronoi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wornéh₂, from *wer- (to burn, be black), the same ultimate source as Etymology 2.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

вороно́й (voronój)

  1. black (of horses)
  2. raven-haired (of very dark black human hair)
    Synonym: смоляно́й (smoljanój)
Declension

Noun

вороно́й (voronójm anim (genitive вороно́го, nominative plural вороны́е, genitive plural вороны́х)

  1. black horse
Declension

Etymology 2

See ворона (vorona, black crow)

Pronunciation

Noun

воро́ной (vorónojf anim

  1. instrumental singular of воро́на (voróna)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1166”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166