гвоздь

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gvozdь.

Noun

гвоздь (gvozdĭm

  1. nail

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Synonyms

Further reading

  • гвоздь”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gvȍzdь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic гвоздь (gvozdĭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʋɔzdɪ//ˈɡʋɔzdʲɪ//ˈɡʋɔːzdʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡʋɔzdɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡʋɔzdʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɡʋɔːzdʲ/

  • Hyphenation: гво‧здь

Noun

гвоздь (gvozdĭm

  1. nail
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 3:
      Не съставить бо сѧ корабль беꙁ гвоꙁдии
      Ne sŭstavitĭ bo sę korablĭ bez gvozdii
      For a boat isn't built without nails

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Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “гвоздь”, 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 511

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гвоздь (gvozdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gvozdь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

гвоздь (gvozdʹm inan (genitive гвоздя́, nominative plural гво́зди, genitive plural гвозде́й, diminutive гво́здик)

  1. nail, tack, peg (construction)
    гвоздь програ́ммыgvozdʹ prográmmythe highlight of the program, high spot

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