ноздророгъ

Old East Slavic

Ноздророгъ.

Alternative forms

• нозъдророгъ (nozŭdrorogŭ), нѡздрорѡгъ (nozdrorogŭ)

Etymology

From ноздрь (nozdrĭ, “nostril”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ рогъ (rogŭ, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /nɔzdrɔˈrɔɡʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /nɔzdrɔˈrɔɡʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /nɔzdrɔˈrɔːɡ/
• Hyphenation: но‧здро‧ро‧гъ

Noun

ноздророгъ (nozdrorogŭ) m

1. rhinoceros
   • a. 1400, Merilo Pravednoye‎^[1], page 31b¹⁸:

     нѡꙁдрорѡгу рога на губѣ, очи жє долѣ пѡ^д чєлюстью.

     nozdrorogu roga na gubě, oči že dolě po^d čeljustĭju.

     And the rhinoceros has horns on its lip, and eyes under his jaw.

Declension

Declension of ноздророгъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ноздророгъ nozdrorogŭ	ноздророга nozdroroga	ноздрорози nozdrorozi
Genitive	ноздророга nozdroroga	ноздророгу nozdrorogu	ноздророгъ nozdrorogŭ
Dative	ноздророгу nozdrorogu	ноздророгома nozdrorogoma	ноздророгомъ nozdrorogomŭ
Accusative	ноздророгъ nozdrorogŭ	ноздророга nozdroroga	ноздророгꙑ nozdrorogy
Instrumental	ноздророгъмь nozdrorogŭmĭ	ноздророгома nozdrorogoma	ноздророгꙑ nozdrorogy
Locative	ноздророзѣ nozdrorozě	ноздророгу nozdrorogu	ноздророзѣхъ nozdrorozěxŭ
Vocative	ноздророже nozdrorože	ноздророга nozdroroga	ноздрорози nozdrorozi

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “ноздророгъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 464
• Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN