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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзва (jazva), from Proto-Slavic *jàzva.
Pronunciation
Noun
я́зва • (jázva) f inan (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural я́зваў, relational adjective я́звавы, diminutive я́звачка)
- (medicine) sore, ulcer (purulent or inflamed wound on the skin or mucous membrane)
- (epidemiology, obsolete) epidemic, plague
- (figuratively) sore (affliction, difficulty, trouble)
Declension
Declension of я́зва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Noun
я́зва • (jázva) f pers (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural я́зваў)
- (colloquial, figuratively) viper (malicious person)
Declension
Declension of я́зва (pr hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “язва”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “язва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jazva.
Noun
я́зва • (jázva) f (relational adjective я́звен)
- (colloquial) sore, any inner injury
- (medicine) ulcer
- (figurative) evil, wrong
- Synonyms: злина (zlina), нещастие (neštastie)
Declension
- язвя (jazvja, “to sting; to offend, insult”)
- язвителен (jazvitelen, “ulcerative”)
- язвен (jazven, “ulcerous”)
References
- “язва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic ꙗзва (jazva), from Proto-Slavic *jazva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áiˀźwāˀ. Cognate to Old Prussian eyswo (“wound”), Lithuanian áiža, Latvian aĩza.
Pronunciation
Noun
я́зва • (jázva) f inan (genitive я́звы, nominative plural я́звы, genitive plural язв)
- ulcer, sore
- я́зва желу́дка ― jázva želúdka ― stomach/gastric ulcer
- я́зва двенадцатиперстной кишки́ ― jázva dvenadcatiperstnoj kiškí ― duodenal ulcer
- моровая я́зва ― morovaja jázva ― plague
- сиби́рская я́зва ― sibírskaja jázva ― anthrax
- sore, evil
- (colloquial) pest, viper (malicious person)
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: յազվա (yazva)
Further reading
- язва in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru