цьркꙑ

Old East Slavic

Цьркꙑ.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cьrky. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic црькꙑ (crĭky) and Old Polish cerki.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʲɪrkɯ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʲɪrkɯ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʲɛrkɯ/
• Hyphenation: цьр‧кꙑ

Noun

цьркꙑ (cĭrky) f

1. church

Declension

Declension of цьркꙑ (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	цьркꙑ cĭrky	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi
Genitive	цьркъве cĭrkŭve	цьркъву cĭrkŭvu	цьркъвъ cĭrkŭvŭ
Dative	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi	цьркъвама cĭrkŭvama	цьркъвамъ cĭrkŭvamŭ
Accusative	цьркъвь cĭrkŭvĭ	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi
Instrumental	цьркъвиѭ, цьркъвьѭ cĭrkŭvijǫ, cĭrkŭvĭjǫ	цьркъвама cĭrkŭvama	цьркъвами cĭrkŭvami
Locative	цьркъве cĭrkŭve	цьркъву cĭrkŭvu	цьркъвахъ cĭrkŭvaxŭ
Vocative	цьркꙑ cĭrky	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi	цьркъви cĭrkŭvi

Synonyms

• божьница (božĭnica)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: церковь (cerkovʹ)
  • Belarusian: царква́ (carkvá)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: це́рков (cérkov)
  • Ukrainian: це́рква (cérkva)
• Russian: це́рковь (cérkovʹ) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “цьркꙑ”, 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 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1444