журавль
Russian
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Etymology
From Middle Ukrainian журавлин (žuravlyn, “crane”), журавлинъ (žuravlyn, “crane”), журавлиное (žuravlynoe, “crane”), журавовъ (žuravov, “crane”), from Old East Slavic жеравие (žeravije), жеравець (žeravecĭ), жеравлины (žeravliny), жералины (žeraliny), жеравлиныя (žeravlinyja), жералиныя (žeralinyja), from Proto-Slavic *žeravjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to call hoarsely”). *žeravъ is also interpreted as the fusion of Proto-Indo-European *ger-, *gera- (“crane”) and *awis, *h₂éwis (“bird”). See *gerh₂-.
Compare Belarusian журавель (žuravjelʹ), жораў (žóraŭ), Bulgarian жерав (žerav), Church Slavonic жеравль (žeravlĭ), Czech jeřáb, Old Czech žeřáv, Macedonian жерав (žerav), Old East Slavic журавь, жеравль, Polish żuraw, Serbo-Croatian ždral, Serbo-Croatian ждра̑л, ждрӓо, жѐра̄в, Slovak žeriav, Slovene žerjàv, Upper Sorbian žoraw, Lower Sorbian žorawa, Ukrainian журавель (žuravelʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
жура́вль • (žurávlʹ) m anim or m inan (genitive журавля́, nominative plural журавли́, genitive plural журавле́й)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | жура́вль žurávlʹ |
журавли́ žuravlí |
genitive | журавля́ žuravljá |
журавле́й žuravléj |
dative | журавлю́ žuravljú |
журавля́м žuravljám |
accusative animate inanimate |
журавля́ žuravljá |
журавле́й žuravléj |
жура́вль žurávlʹ |
журавли́ žuravlí | |
instrumental | журавлём žuravljóm |
журавля́ми žuravljámi |
prepositional | журавле́ žuravlé |
журавля́х žuravljáx |
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian 2-syllable words
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- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian nouns with multiple animacies
- Russian soft-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian soft-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern b
- ru:Cranes (birds)