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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрѣво (črěvo), from Proto-Slavic *červo. Doublet of черёво (čerjóvo), the inherited East Slavic form.

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Noun

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чре́во (črévon inan (genitive чре́ва, nominative plural чре́ва, genitive plural чрев)

  1. (anatomy) belly, womb
  2. inside, interior

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References

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