Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic жьрло (žĭrlo), from Proto-Slavic *žьrdlo.

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Noun edit

жерло́ (žerlón inan (genitive жерла́, nominative plural же́рла, genitive plural жерл)

  1. (geology) crater, orifice, vent
  2. narrow and deep aperture
  3. (military) muzzle

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жерло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жерло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 300