лядвея

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lędvьje, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loins”). Cognate with Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra, “split, hole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲadvʲɪjə]

Noun

ля́двея • (ljádveja) f inan (genitive ля́двеи, nominative plural ля́двеи, genitive plural ля́двей)

1. (anatomy, archaic) thigh, haunch

   Synonyms: бедро́ (bedró), ля́жка (ljážka)

Declension

Declension of ля́двея (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ля́двея ljádveja	ля́двеи ljádvei
genitive	ля́двеи ljádvei	ля́двей ljádvej
dative	ля́двее ljádveje	ля́двеям ljádvejam
accusative	ля́двею ljádveju	ля́двеи ljádvei
instrumental	ля́двеей, ля́двеею ljádvejej, ljádvejeju	ля́двеями ljádvejami
prepositional	ля́двее ljádveje	ля́двеях ljádvejax

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лядвея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress