змий
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic змии (zmii), from Proto-Slavic *zmь̀jь. Doublet of змей (zmej), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
змий • (zmij) m anim (genitive зми́я, nominative plural зми́и, genitive plural зми́ев)
- (mythology) dragon
- (Christianity) serpent
- (low colloquial) insidious, cunning, evil man
Declension
Related terms
- змей (zmej)
- змея́ (zmejá), змеи́ный (zmeínyj)
- змеи́ться (zmeítʹsja)
- змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj)
Categories:
- Russian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic
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- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian doublets
- Russian 1-syllable words
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- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
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- Russian i-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
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