чресла

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрѣсла (črěsla), from Proto-Slavic *čerslo. Displaced the native East Slavic form че́ресла (čéresla).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕrʲesɫə]
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Noun

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чре́сла (čréslan inan pl (genitive чресл, plural only)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) reins, small of the back
    Synonyms: поясни́ца (pojasníca), бедро (bedro), бёдра (bjódra); чересло (čereslo), че́ресла (čéresla, dialectal)

Declension

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References

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