волкъ

Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Russian во́лкъ (vólk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ).

Noun

во́лкъ (vólkŭ) m

1. (Russian Church Slavonic) wolf
   • Elizabeth Bible, Luke 10.3:

     И҆ди́те: сѐ а҆́зъ посыла́ю вы̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́гнцы посредѣ̀ волкѡ́въ.

     Idíte: sè ázŭ posyláju vỳ jáko ágncy posredě̀ volkóvŭ.

     Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Old Ruthenian

Noun

волкъ • (volk) m animal (feminine волчица, related adjective волчїй)

1. archaic form of вовкъ (vovk)

Russian

Noun

волкъ • (volk) m anim (genitive во́лка, nominative plural во́лки, genitive plural волко́въ, female equivalent волчи́ца, relational adjective во́лчій, diminutive волчо́къ, augmentative волчи́ще or волча́ра)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of волк (volk).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of волкъ (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́лкъ vólk	во́лки vólki
genitive	во́лка vólka	волко́въ volkóv
dative	во́лку vólku	волка́мъ volkám
accusative	во́лка vólka	волко́въ volkóv
instrumental	во́лкомъ vólkom	волка́ми volkámi
prepositional	во́лкѣ vólkě	волка́хъ volkáx
vocative	во́лче* vólče*

^* Dated or folklore.