жердь
Russian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic жьрдь (žĭrdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with Polish żerdź, Slovak žrď.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editжердь • (žerdʹ) f inan (genitive же́рди, nominative plural же́рди, genitive plural жерде́й)
- perch; pole; ricker
- 1975, Владимир Войнович [Vladimir Voinovich], “Часть первая. 1”, in Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина, Париж: YMCA-Press; English translation from Richard Lourie, transl., The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977:
- Спохвати́вшись на свои́, ещё неокре́пшие от испу́га но́ги, она́ прово́рно проле́зла ме́жду жердя́ми в забо́ре и ки́нулась к постепе́нно густе́вшей толпе́.
- Spoxvatívšisʹ na svoí, ješčó neokrépšije ot ispúga nógi, oná provórno prolézla méždu žerdjámi v zabóre i kínulasʹ k postepénno gustévšej tolpé.
- Teetering on legs that still quivered from fear, Nyura nimbly wriggled through her rail fence and dashed toward the gradually thickening crowd.
Declension
editPre-reform declension of жердь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Ruthenian жердь (žerdʹ), from Old East Slavic жьрдь (žĭrdĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editжердь • (žerdʹ) f inan (genitive же́рді, nominative plural же́рді, genitive plural жерде́й) (colloquial)
- pole, staff, rod, perch
- a horizontal pole for hanging clothes / laundry
- Synonyms: жерди́на (žerdýna), же́рдка (žérdka), перекла́дина (perekládyna)
- any horizontally suspended pole
- Synonyms: жерди́на (žerdýna), же́рдка (žérdka), перекла́дина (perekládyna)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | жердь žerdʹ |
же́рді žérdi |
genitive | же́рді žérdi |
жерде́й žerdéj |
dative | же́рді žérdi |
жердя́м žerdjám |
accusative | жердь žerdʹ |
же́рді žérdi |
instrumental | же́рдю žérdju |
жердя́ми žerdjámy |
locative | же́рді žérdi |
жердя́х žerdjáx |
vocative | же́рде žérde |
же́рді žérdi |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- го́ро́д m (hóród)
References
edit- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “жердь”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “жердь”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “жердь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “жердь”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “жердь”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
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