Perun

See also: perun

English

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Russian Перу́н (Perún). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ.

Proper noun

Perun

1. The highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.

Translations

Slavic god of thunder

• Belarusian: Пярун m (Pjarun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霹隆 (Pīlóng), 佩倫 / 佩伦 (Pèilún)

• Czech: Perun (cs) m
• French: Péroun (fr)
• German: Perun
• Greek: Περούν m (Peroún)
• Japanese: ペルーン (Perūn)
• Korean: 페룬 (perun)
• Macedonian: Перун m (Perun)
• Old Church Slavonic: Пєроунъ m (Perunŭ)
• Polish: Perun (pl), Piorun
• Portuguese: Perun
• Russian: Перу́н (ru) m sg (Perún)
• Serbo-Croatian: Перун m sg
• Slovak: Perún m, Parom
• Spanish: Perún
• Ukrainian: Перу́н m (Perún)

Further reading

• Perun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prune, unrep

Finnish

Proper noun

Perun

1. genitive singular of Peru

Anagrams

• puren, repun

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.run/
• Rhymes: -ɛrun
• Syllabification: Pe‧run

Proper noun

Perun m pers

1. (Slavic mythology) Perun (highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning)

Declension

Declension of Perun

	singular
nominative	Perun
genitive	Peruna
dative	Perunowi
accusative	Peruna
instrumental	Perunem
locative	Perunie
vocative	Perunie

Further reading

• “Perun”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêrun/
• Hyphenation: Pe‧run

Proper noun

Pȅrun m anim (Cyrillic spelling Пе̏рун)

1. Perun

Declension

Declension of Perun

	singular
nominative	Pȅrun
genitive	Pȅruna
dative	Perunu
accusative	Peruna
vocative	Pȅrune
locative	Perunu
instrumental	Perunom