звѣръ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• звѣрь (zvěrʹ) — archaic

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic звѣрь (zvěrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь. Cognate with Russian зверь (zverʹ), Old Novgorodian ꙁвѣрь (zvěrĭ), Old Church Slavonic звѣрь (zvěrĭ).

Noun

звѣръ • (zvěr) m

1. wild animal, beast
2. game meat
3. creature
4. (figuratively) devil, satan

Descendants

• Belarusian: звер (zvjer); зьвер (zʹvjer)
• Carpathian Rusyn: звірь (zvirʹ)
• Ukrainian: звір (zvir)

Further reading

• SSUM^14‒15, vol. 1, page 390b: “*зверъ”, page 391a: “*звирь”, page 391b: “*звѣрь”
• SUM^16‒17, vol. 11, page 139: “звѣръ, звѣрь, зверъ, зверь, звиръ”
• HSBM, vol. 12, page 82: “зверь, зверъ”
• MSUM^15‒18, vol. 1, page 310: “звѣръ”