чьрнъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čь̀rnъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic чрьнъ (črĭnŭ) and Old Polish czarny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ//ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ//ˈt͡ɕɛrn/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪrnʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛrn/

  • Hyphenation: чь‧рнъ

Adjective

чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ)

  1. black

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: чо́рный (čórnyj)
  • Russian: чёрный (čórnyj)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрнꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1562