чресла

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрѣсла (črěsla), from Proto-Slavic *čerslo. Displaced the native East Slavic form че́ресла (čéresla).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕrʲesɫə]
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Noun

чре́сла • (črésla) n inan pl (genitive чресл, plural only)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) reins, small of the back
    Synonyms: поясни́ца (pojasníca), бедро (bedro), бёдра (bjódra); чересло (čereslo), че́ресла (čéresla, dialectal)

Declension
Declension of чре́сла (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative чре́сла
črésla
genitive чре́сл
črésl
dative чре́слам
čréslam
accusative чре́сла
črésla
instrumental чре́слами
čréslami
prepositional чре́слах
čréslax

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чресла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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