звѣзда

See also: ѕвѣзда

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Noun

звѣзда • (zvězdaf

  1. alternative form of ѕвѣзда (dzvězda)

Declension

Declension of звѣзда (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative звѣзда
zvězda
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
genitive звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
звѣздоу
zvězdu
звѣздъ
zvězdŭ
dative звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздама
zvězdama
звѣздамъ
zvězdamŭ
accusative звѣздѫ
zvězdǫ
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
instrumental звѣздоѭ
zvězdojǫ
звѣздама
zvězdama
звѣздами
zvězdami
locative звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздоу
zvězdu
звѣздахъ
zvězdaxŭ
vocative звѣздо
zvězdo
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: звезда (zvezda)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gvě̄zdà. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ѕвѣзда (dzvězda) and Old Polish gwiazda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʋeːˈzdɑ//zʋʲeːˈzda//zʋʲeːˈzda/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /zʋeːˈzdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /zʋʲeːˈzda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /zʋʲeːˈzda/

  • Hyphenation: звѣ‧зда

Noun

звѣзда́ (zvězdáf

  1. star

Declension

Declension of звѣзда (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative звѣзда
zvězda
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
genitive звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
звѣзду
zvězdu
звѣздъ
zvězdŭ
dative звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздама
zvězdama
звѣздамъ
zvězdamŭ
accusative звѣздѫ
zvězdǫ
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy
instrumental звѣздоѭ
zvězdojǫ
звѣздама
zvězdama
звѣздами
zvězdami
locative звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣзду
zvězdu
звѣздахъ
zvězdaxŭ
vocative звѣздо
zvězdo
звѣздѣ
zvězdě
звѣздꙑ
zvězdy

Accent paradigm с or b.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “звѣзда́”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 173
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “звѣзда”, 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 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 964

Russian

Noun

звѣзда́ • (zvězdáf inan (genitive звѣзды́, nominative plural звѣ̈зды, genitive plural звѣ̈здъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of звезда́ (zvezdá).

Usage notes

  • звѣзда́ (zvězdá) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed ѣ () is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: ѣ̈ (). Note that this only occurs in certain inflections.

Declension