вороной

Russian

illustration: a man, a woman, and a cat stand next to a race car
horse logo on Ivan Tsarevich's car with label Voronoi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wornéh₂, from *wer- (to burn, be black), the same ultimate source as Etymology 2.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vərɐˈnoj]

Adjective

вороно́й • (voronój)

  1. black (of horses)
Declension

Noun

вороно́й • (voronój) m anim (genitive вороно́го, nominative plural вороны́е, genitive plural вороны́х)

  1. black horse
Declension

Etymology 2

See ворона (vorona, black crow)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈronəj]

Noun

воро́ной • (vorónoj) f anim

  1. instrumental singular of воро́на (voróna)

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1166, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166
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