сѣверъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Noun

сѣверъ • (sěverŭ) m

1. north
2. northern wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	сѣверъ (sěverŭ)
западъ (zapadŭ)		въстокъ (vŭstokŭ)
	югъ (jugŭ)

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сѣверъ (sěverŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sě̀verъ.

Noun

сѣ́веръ • (sě́ver) m inan

1. north

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	по́лночъ (pólnoč) сѣ́веръ (sě́ver)
за́ходъ (záxod) за́падъ (západ)		всхо́дъ (vsxód) восто́къ (vostók)
	по́лдень (póldenʹ) югъ (juh)

Related terms

adjectives

• сѣверный (sěvernyj)
• сѣверскїй (sěverskij)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer)
• Carpathian Rusyn: сї́вер (sjíver)
• Ukrainian: сі́вер (síver)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “северъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 166

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲevʲɪr]

Noun

сѣ́веръ • (sě́ver) m inan (genitive сѣ́вера, nominative plural сѣвера́, genitive plural сѣверо́въ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of се́вер (séver).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of сѣ́веръ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сѣ́веръ sě́ver	сѣвера́△ sěverá△
genitive	сѣ́вера sě́vera	сѣверо́въ sěveróv
dative	сѣ́веру sě́veru	сѣвера́мъ sěverám
accusative	сѣ́веръ sě́ver	сѣвера́△ sěverá△
instrumental	сѣ́веромъ sě́verom	сѣвера́ми sěverámi
prepositional	сѣ́верѣ sě́verě	сѣвера́хъ sěveráx

^△ Irregular.