желчь

See also: жёлчь

Russian

Alternative forms

• жёлчь (žolčʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зълчь (zŭlčĭ) (rarer жълчь (žŭlčĭ)), from Proto-Slavic *zьlčь (“bile”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh₃-. Related to *zelenъ and was under the influence of *žьltъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɛɫt͡ɕ]

Noun

желчь • (želčʹ) f inan (genitive же́лчи, uncountable, relational adjective же́лчный)

1. bile
2. gall

Declension

Declension of желчь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	же́лчь žélčʹ
genitive	же́лчи žélči
dative	же́лчи žélči
accusative	же́лчь žélčʹ
instrumental	же́лчью žélčʹju
prepositional	же́лчи žélči

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жёлчь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress