жеравь

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Old Novgorodian

жеравь

Etymology

First attested in c. 1045‒1109 as жеравь (žeravĭ, acc. sg.). Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žeravь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)wis, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōws (“crane (bird)”), from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: же‧ра‧вь

Noun

жеравь • (žeravĭ) m

  1. (hapax legomenon) crane (bird)
    • c. 1045 – 1109, Original plaster from the walls of Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod (Cathedral of Saint Sophia):
      о(х)(в)и жеавь (о)тѣлив(ъше) дѣди нг
      o(x)(v)i žeavĭ (o)tjěliv(ŭše) dědi ng
      Oh, Chizh, who shot the crane. The children naked.

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