жёрнов

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrny, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-n-uH-. Cognates include Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan), Old Armenian երկան (erkan) and Old English cweorn (English quern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐornəf]

Noun

жёрнов • (žórnov) m inan (genitive жёрнова, nominative plural жернова́, genitive plural жерново́в)

  1. millstone

Declension

Declension of жёрнов (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 
singular plural
nominative жёрнов
žórnov 		жернова́△
žernová△
genitive жёрнова
žórnova 		жерново́в
žernovóv
dative жёрнову
žórnovu 		жернова́м
žernovám
accusative жёрнов
žórnov 		жернова́△
žernová△
instrumental жёрновом
žórnovom 		жернова́ми
žernovámi
prepositional жёрнове
žórnove 		жернова́х
žernováx

△ Irregular.

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жернов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566

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