ꙁвѣрь

See also: звѣрь

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís
    Proto-Slavic *zvě̑rь
    Old Novgorodian ꙁвѣрь (zvěrĭ)

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvě̑rь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-is (“wild animal”), from *ǵʰwer- (“wild”). First attested in c. 1240‒1260. Cognate with Old East Slavic звѣрь (zvěrĭ), Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ), Old Polish źwierz.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ꙁвѣ‧рь

    Noun

    ꙁвѣрь • (zvěrĭ) m[1]

    1. (hapax legomenon) beast, wild animal
      • c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, translated by Schaeken, Jos (2019), Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, Берестяная грамота № 199 [Birchbark letter no. 199]‎[3], Novgorod:
        ѧ ꙁвѣре
        ję zvěre
        I am a beast.

    Declension

    Declension of ꙁвѣрь (i-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative звѣрь
    zvěrĭ     		звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣрьѥ
    zvěrĭje
    genitive звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣрью
    zvěrĭju     		звѣрьи
    zvěrĭi
    dative звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣрьма
    zvěrĭma     		звѣрьмъ
    zvěrĭmŭ
    accusative звѣрь
    zvěrĭ     		звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣри
    zvěri
    instrumental звѣрьмь
    zvěrĭmĭ     		звѣрьма
    zvěrĭma     		звѣрьми
    zvěrĭmi
    locative звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣрью
    zvěrĭju     		звѣрьхъ
    zvěrĭxŭ
    vocative звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣри
    zvěri     		звѣрьѥ
    zvěrĭje

    References

    1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 741

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