островъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ.

Noun

островъ • (ostrovŭ) m

1. island

Declension

Declension of островъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	островъ ostrovŭ	острова ostrova	острови ostrovi
genitive	острова ostrova	островоу ostrovu	островъ ostrovŭ
dative	островоу ostrovu	островома ostrovoma	островомъ ostrovomŭ
accusative	островъ ostrovŭ	острова ostrova	островꙑ ostrovy
instrumental	островомъ ostrovomŭ	островома ostrovoma	островꙑ ostrovy
locative	островѣ ostrově	островоу ostrovu	островѣхъ ostrověxŭ
vocative	острове ostrove	острова ostrova	острови ostrovi

Old East Slavic

Островꙑ (1).

Островъ (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/→/ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/→/ˈɔstrɔːʋ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstrɔːʋ/

• Hyphenation: о‧стро‧въ

Noun

островъ (ostrovŭ) m

1. rock
2. island
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 2:

     имать же и ѡстр^овꙑ

     imatĭ že i ostr^ovy

     He also had the islands

Declension

Declension of островъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	островъ ostrovŭ	острова ostrova	острови ostrovi
genitive	острова ostrova	острову ostrovu	островъ ostrovŭ
dative	острову ostrovu	островома ostrovoma	островомъ ostrovomŭ
accusative	островъ ostrovŭ	острова ostrova	островꙑ ostrovy
instrumental	островъмь ostrovŭmĭ	островома ostrovoma	островꙑ ostrovy
locative	островѣ ostrově	острову ostrovu	островѣхъ ostrověxŭ
vocative	острове ostrove	острова ostrova	острови ostrovi

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: о́стровъ (óstrov)
  • Belarusian: во́страў (vóstraw)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: о́стров (óstrov)
  • Ukrainian: о́стрів (óstriv)
• Russian: о́стров (óstrov)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “островъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 743

Old Ruthenian

о́стровъ

Alternative forms

• ѡ́стровъ (óstrov), о́стровь (óstrovʹ), ósthrow

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic о́стровъ (óstrovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abstrawas, from *strawas, from Proto-Indo-European *s(t)rówos, from *srew-. Cognate with Russian о́стров (óstrov).

Noun

островъ • (ostrov) m inan

1. island

Descendants

• Belarusian: во́страў (vóstraw)
• Carpathian Rusyn: о́стров (óstrov)
• Ukrainian: о́стрів (óstriv)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*островъ¹; *островъ²; *островь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 99
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “островъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 438