чернь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрнь (čĭrnĭ). By surface analysis, чёрный (čórnyj, “black”) +‎ -ь (-ʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕernʲ]

Noun

чернь • (černʹ) f inan (genitive че́рни, uncountable)

1. mob, populace, riffraff, rabble

Declension

Declension of чернь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	че́рнь čérnʹ
genitive	че́рни čérni
dative	че́рни čérni
accusative	че́рнь čérnʹ
instrumental	че́рнью čérnʹju
prepositional	че́рни čérni

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрнь (čĭrnĭ). By surface analysis, чорний (čornyj, “black”) +‎ -ь f (-ʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛrnʲ]

Noun

чернь • (černʹ) f inan (genitive че́рні, uncountable)

1. mob, populace, riffraff, rabble

Declension

Declension of чернь
(inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	чернь černʹ
genitive	че́рні čérni
dative	че́рні čérni
accusative	чернь černʹ
instrumental	че́рню čérnju
locative	че́рні čérni
vocative	че́рне čérne

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чернь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka