збруя

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Polish zbroja (“armour”), likely either through a nonstandard dialect (with stressed o -> u shift) or from genitive plural "zbrój" of the Polish word. Compare the Babia Góra dialectal meaning of Polish zbroja (“horse harness”). Cognate with Belarusian збру́я (zbrúja), Russian сбру́я (sbrúja). Doublet of збро́я (zbrója).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzbrujɐ]

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Noun

збру́я • (zbrúja) f inan (genitive збру́ї, uncountable)

1. tack (for saddling horses and other animals)

Declension

Declension of збру́я (inan sg-only j-stem fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	збру́я zbrúja
genitive	збру́ї zbrúji
dative	збру́ї zbrúji
accusative	збру́ю zbrúju
instrumental	збру́єю zbrújeju
locative	збру́ї zbrúji
vocative	збру́є zbrúje

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “збруя”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “збруя”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “збру́я”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “збруя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)