звѣрь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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

Noun

звѣрь • (zvěrĭ) m

  1. wild animal

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

звѣрь (zvěrĭ) m

  1. wild animal

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: звѣръ (zvěr), звиръ (zvir)
    • Belarusian: звер (zvjer); зьвер (zʹvjer) (Taraškievica orthography)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: звірь (zvirʹ)
    • Ukrainian: звір (zvir)
  • Russian: зверь (zverʹ), звѣрь (zvěrʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “звѣрь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 966
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