кроў

See also: крою

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кровь (krovʹ), from Old East Slavic крꙑ (kry), from Proto-Slavic *kry̑. Cognate with Russian кровь (krovʹ) and Ukrainian кров (krov).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krou̯]

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• Rhymes: -ou̯
• Hyphenation: кроў

Noun

кроў • (kroŭ) f inan (genitive крыві́, uncountable, relational adjective кроўны)

1. (anatomy) blood (red fluid that moves through the blood vessels of the body, nourishes its cells and ensures metabolism)
2. animal breed
3. lineage
4. (figuratively) bloodshed, murder
5. (figuratively) character, temperament

Declension

Declension of кроў (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-d о-ы)

	singular
nominative	кроў kroŭ
genitive	крыві́ kryví
dative	крыві́ kryví
accusative	кроў kroŭ
instrumental	кро́ўю, крывёй, крывёю króŭju, kryvjój, kryvjóju
locative	крыві́ kryví

References

• “кроў”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “кроў” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org