гнѣздо

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gnězdo.

Noun

гнѣздо • (gnězdo) n

1. nest

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Russian

Noun

гнѣздо́ • (gnězdó) n inan (genitive гнѣзда́, nominative plural гнѣ̈зда, genitive plural гнѣ̈здъ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of гнездо́ (gnezdó).

Usage notes

• гнѣздо (gnězdo) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed ѣ (jě) is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: ѣ̈ (jǒ).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of гнѣздо́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гнѣздо́ gnězdó	гнѣ̈зда gnjǒ́zda
genitive	гнѣзда́ gnězdá	гнѣ̈здъ gnjǒ́zd
dative	гнѣзду́ gnězdú	гнѣ̈здамъ gnjǒ́zdam
accusative	гнѣздо́ gnězdó	гнѣ̈зда gnjǒ́zda
instrumental	гнѣздо́мъ gnězdóm	гнѣ̈здами gnjǒ́zdami
prepositional	гнѣздѣ́ gnězdě́	гнѣ̈здахъ gnjǒ́zdax