Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȅzero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera. Doublet of езеро (ezero), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔzɛrɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔzʲɛrɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔzʲɛrɔ/
  • Hyphenation: о‧зе‧ро

Noun edit

озеро (ozero)

  1. lake
  2. hell

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: во́зера (vózjera)
  • Russian: о́зеро (ózero), о́зер (ózer) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: о́зеро (ózero)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “озеро”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 635

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic озеро (ozero), from Proto-Slavic *ȅzero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈozʲɪrə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

о́зеро (ózeron inan (genitive о́зера, nominative plural озёра, genitive plural озёр, relational adjective озёрный, diminutive озерцо́)

  1. lake

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ȅzero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

о́зеро (ózeron inan (genitive о́зера, nominative plural озе́ра, genitive plural озе́р, relational adjective озе́рний, diminutive озе́рце or озерце́)

  1. lake (body of water)

Declension edit

References edit