алатырь

Russian

Etymology

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Cognate with Ukrainian ала́тир (alátyr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɫatɨrʲ]

Noun

ала́тырь • (alátyrʹ) m inan (genitive ала́тыря, uncountable)

1. alatyr, Russian mythological stone

Declension

Declension of ала́тырь (inan sg-only masc-form soft-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	ала́тырь alátyrʹ
genitive	ала́тыря alátyrja
dative	ала́тырю alátyrju
accusative	ала́тырь alátyrʹ
instrumental	ала́тырем alátyrem
prepositional	ала́тыре alátyre

Further reading

• Alatyr (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia