ясли

See also: ꙗсли

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗсли (jasli), from Proto-Slavic *jasli, from earlier Proto-Slavic *ědsli-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēd-. Related to Russian есть (jestʹ, “to eat”), Russian еда́ (jedá, “food”), Russian яд (jad), Russian я́ство (jástvo), Russian я́стель (jástelʹ, “eater”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaslʲɪ] ~ [ˈjæsʲlʲɪ]

• Audio; [ˈjaslʲɪ]:

  (file)

Noun

я́сли • (jásli) f inan pl (genitive я́слей, plural only, diminutive я́сельки)

1. nursery, crèche
2. crib
3. manger
4. Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer

Declension

Declension of я́сли (inan pl-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	я́сли jásli
genitive	я́слей jáslej
dative	я́слям jásljam
accusative	я́сли jásli
instrumental	я́слями jásljami
prepositional	я́слях jásljax

Descendants

• → Ingrian: jaslit
• → Yakut: дьааһыла (jaahıla)

References

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