змий

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic змии (zmii), from Proto-Slavic *zmь̀jь. Doublet of змей (zmej), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zmʲij]

Noun

змий • (zmij) m anim (genitive зми́я, nominative plural зми́и, genitive plural зми́ев)

  1. (mythology) dragon
  2. (Christianity) serpent
  3. (low colloquial) insidious, cunning, evil man

Declension

Declension of змий (anim masc-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative зми́й
zmíj 		зми́и
zmíi
genitive зми́я
zmíja 		зми́ев
zmíjev
dative зми́ю
zmíju 		зми́ям
zmíjam
accusative зми́я
zmíja 		зми́ев
zmíjev
instrumental зми́ем
zmíjem 		зми́ями
zmíjami
prepositional зми́и
zmíi 		зми́ях
zmíjax
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