Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kry.

Noun

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крꙑ (kryf

  1. blood
    • from the Story of Ahikar:
      беꙁь вини крьвь не проливаѥть ꙗко б҃ь ти ѥ мьстьныкь.
      bezĭ vini krĭvĭ ne prolivajetĭ jako b:ĭ ti je mĭstĭnykĭ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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Attested in recently found Psalterium Demetrii Sinaitici;[1][2] in older literature, the accusative singular form кръвь (krŭvĭ) is used as the nominative singular as well.

Declension

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Reconstructed:

Attested:

References

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  1. ^ Henrik Birnbaum, Jos Schaeken (1997) Das altkirchenslavische Wort Bildung, Bedeutung, Herleitung, Munich: Verlag Otto Sagner, page 30
  2. ^ Heinz Miklas, Melanie Gau, Dana Hürner (2016) “Preliminary Remarks on the Old Church Slavonic Psalterium Demetrii Sinaitici”, in The Bible in Slavic Tradition, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 52

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kry.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɯ//ˈkrɯ//ˈkrɯ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrɯ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrɯ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkrɯ/

  • Hyphenation: крꙑ

Noun

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крꙑ (kryf

  1. blood

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: кровь (krovʹ)
  • Russian: кровь (krovʹ)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “крꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1340