звѣрь

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-. Cognate to Latin ferus, Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr).

Noun

звѣрь (zvěrĭm

  1. wild animal

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ) and Old Polish źwierzę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋeːrɪ//ˈzʋʲeːrʲɪ//ˈzʋʲɛːrʲ/, /ˈzʋʲeːrʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋeːrɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋʲeːrʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈzʋʲɛːrʲ/, /ˈzʋʲeːrʲ/

  • Hyphenation: звѣ‧рь

Noun

звѣрь (zvěrĭm

  1. wild animal

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “звѣрь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 966