Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *čь̀rnъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic чрьнъ (črĭnŭ) and Old Polish czarny.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛrn/
  • Hyphenation: чь‧рнъ

Adjective edit

чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ)

  1. black

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрнꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1562