ворон

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic воронъ (voronŭ, “black”), from Proto-Slavic *vornъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *warnás. Related to Russian воро́на (voróna, “crow”), Lithuanian var̃nas (“crow, raven”). Doublet of вран (vran), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorən]

• Audio:

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Noun

во́рон • (vóron) m anim (genitive во́рона, nominative plural во́роны, genitive plural во́ронов)

1. raven

Declension

Declension of во́рон (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рон vóron	во́роны vórony
genitive	во́рона vórona	во́ронов vóronov
dative	во́рону vóronu	во́ронам vóronam
accusative	во́рона vórona	во́ронов vóronov
instrumental	во́роном vóronom	во́ронами vóronami
prepositional	во́роне vórone	во́ронах vóronax

Derived terms

• воронёнок m anim (voronjónok)
• вороньё n (voronʹjó)

Compounds:

• тибе́тский во́рон (tibétskij vóron)

References

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

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ворон”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈron]

Noun

воро́н • (vorón) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of воро́на (voróna)

Anagrams

• но́ров (nórov)

Ukrainian

ворон

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vornъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *warnás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɔrɔn]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

во́рон • (vóron) m animal (genitive во́рона, nominative plural во́рони, genitive plural во́ронів)

1. raven

   Synonym: крук m (kruk)

Declension

Declension of во́рон
(animal hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	во́рон vóron	во́рони vórony
genitive	во́рона vórona	во́ронів vóroniv
dative	во́ронові, во́рону vóronovi, vóronu	во́ронам vóronam
accusative	во́рона vórona	во́рони, во́ронів vórony, vóroniv
instrumental	во́роном vóronom	во́ронами vóronamy
locative	во́ронові, во́роні vóronovi, vóroni	во́ронах vóronax
vocative	во́роне vórone	во́рони vórony

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ворон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ворон”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “ворон”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “ворон”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)