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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жерело (žerelo), from Proto-Slavic *žerdlo (“mouth, gorge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
жерело́ • (žereló) n inan (genitive жерела́, nominative plural жере́ла, genitive plural жере́л)
- Alternative form of жерло́ (žerló)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жерело”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress