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вервиця

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вервиця (sense 1)

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Ukrainian вервица (vervyca),[1] from Old East Slavic вьрвь (vĭrvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьrvь,[2] with diminutive ending -иця (-ycja). Compare Russian ве́рвица (vérvica).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛrʋet͡sʲɐ]
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Noun

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ве́рвиця (vérvycjaf inan (genitive ве́рвиці, nominative plural ве́рвиці, genitive plural ве́рвиць)

  1. (Christianity) prayer rope
    Synonym: чо́тки (čótky, prayer beads)
  2. (figurative) string (a series of items or events)

Declension

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Declension of ве́рвиця
(inan soft fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ве́рвиця
vérvycja
ве́рвиці
vérvyci
genitive ве́рвиці
vérvyci
ве́рвиць
vérvycʹ
dative ве́рвиці
vérvyci
ве́рвицям
vérvycjam
accusative ве́рвицю
vérvycju
ве́рвиці
vérvyci
instrumental ве́рвицею
vérvyceju
ве́рвицями
vérvycjamy
locative ве́рвиці
vérvyci
ве́рвицях
vérvycjax
vocative ве́рвице
vérvyce
ве́рвиці
vérvyci
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References

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  1. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “вервица”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 229
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вервечка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova dumka, page 352

Further reading

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  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вервиця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вервиця”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • вервиця”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)