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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ
Pronunciation
Noun
о́стров • (óstrov) m
- island (area of land completely surrounded by water)
Declension
References
- “остров”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “остров”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ
Pronunciation
Noun
остров • (ostrov) m (relational adjective островски, diminutive островче)
- island (area of land completely surrounded by water)
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic островъ (ostrovŭ). Akin to струя́ (strujá), стру́мень (strúmenʹ).
Compare Slovene ótok.
Pronunciation
Noun
о́стров • (óstrov) m inan (genitive о́строва, nominative plural острова́, genitive plural острово́в, relational adjective островно́й, diminutive острово́к)
- island
1915, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], Господин из Сан-Франциско; English translation from The Gentleman from San Francisco, New York: Modern Library, 1925:Сла́дко па́хнет в Ита́лии земля́ по́сле дождя́, и свой, осо́бый за́пах есть у ка́ждого её о́строва!- Sládko páxnet v Itálii zemljá pósle doždjá, i svoj, osóbyj zápax jestʹ u káždovo jejó óstrova!
- Sweetly smells the earth of Italy after rain, and her every island has its own, its especial aroma!
- isle
Declension
△ Irregular.
* Dated or regional
Derived terms
- Native
- Borrowed
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “остров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “остров”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 609