мездра

Russian

Alternative forms

• мяздра́ (mjazdrá) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męzdra, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (“flesh, meat”). Cognates include Ukrainian міздря́ (mizdrjá), Belarusian мяздра́ (mjazdrá), Polish miazdra and Czech mázdra as well as Latin membrum. Related to мя́со (mjáso, “meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪzˈdra]

Noun

мездра́ • (mezdrá) f inan (genitive мездры́, uncountable)

1. the inner side of hide

Declension

Declension of мездра́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	мездра́ mezdrá
genitive	мездры́ mezdrý
dative	мездре́ mezdré
accusative	мездру́ mezdrú
instrumental	мездро́й, мездро́ю mezdrój, mezdróju
prepositional	мездре́ mezdré

References

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