ⰽⱃⱏⰺ

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Old Church SlavonicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Cyrillic: крꙑ (kry)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).

Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian kraujas, Latvian krevele and Old Prussian krawian. Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravis), Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), Latin cruor, Old English hræw, Old Saxon *hrāo, Dutch rauw, Old High German rō (German roh), Old Norse hrár (Swedish rå) and Old Irish crú.

NounEdit

ⰽⱃⱏⰺ • (kry) f

1. blood

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ⰽⱃⱏⰺ (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ⰍⰓⱏⰺ KRy	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi
Accusative	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⱐ KRŭvĭ	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi
Genitive	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰵ KRŭve	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⱆ KRŭvu	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⱏ KRŭvŭ
Locative	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰵ KRŭve	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⱆ KRŭvu	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰰⱈⱏ KRŭvaxŭ
Dative	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰰⰿⰰ KRŭvama	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰰⰿⱏ KRŭvamŭ
Instrumental	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⱐⱙ, ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹⱙ KRŭvĭjǫ, KRŭvijǫ	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰰⰿⰰ KRŭvama	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰰⰿⰹ KRŭvami
Vocative	ⰍⰓⱏⰺ KRy	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi	ⰍⰓⱏⰲⰹ KRŭvi

Usage notesEdit

Attested in recently found Psalterium Sinaiticum; in older literature accusative singular кръвь (krŭvĭ) is used as the nominative singular as well.

DescendantsEdit

• Belarusian: кроў (kroŭ)
• Bulgarian: кръв (krǎv)
• Czech: krev
• Lower Sorbian: kšej
• Macedonian: крв (krv)

• Polish: krew
• Russian: кровь (krovʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: крв/krv
• Slovak: krv
• Slovene: kri
• Ukrainian: кров (krov)
• Upper Sorbian: krej