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
Declension of звѣрь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative звѣрь
zvěrĭ		 звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрьѥ, звѣриѥ
zvěrĭje, zvěrije
genitive звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрью, звѣрию
zvěrĭju, zvěriju		 звѣрьи, звѣрии
zvěrĭi, zvěrii
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, звѣрию
zvěrĭju, zvěriju		 звѣрьхъ
zvěrĭxŭ
vocative звѣри
zvěri		 звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрьѥ, звѣриѥ
zvěrĭje, zvěrije

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
Declension of звѣрь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative звѣрь
zvěrĭ		 звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрие
zvěrie
Genitive звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрию
zvěriju		 звѣрии
zvěrii
Dative звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрьма
zvěrĭma		 звѣрьмъ
zvěrĭmŭ
Accusative звѣрь
zvěrĭ		 звѣри
zvěri		 звѣри
zvěri
Instrumental звѣрьмь
zvěrĭmĭ		 звѣрьма
zvěrĭma		 звѣрьми
zvěrĭmi
Locative звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрию
zvěriju		 звѣрьхъ
zvěrĭxŭ
Vocative звѣри
zvěri		 звѣри
zvěri		 звѣрие
zvěrie

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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