островъ
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ.
Noun
островъ • (ostrovŭ) m
- island
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ.
Pronunciation
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔʋʊ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔstrɔːʋ/
- Hyphenation: о‧стро‧въ
Noun
островъ (ostrovŭ) m
- rock
- island
- 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 2:
- имать же и ѡстровꙑ
- imatĭ že i ostrovy
- He also had the islands
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Declension
Declension of островъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | островъ ostrovŭ | острова ostrova | острови ostrovi |
Genitive | острова ostrova | острову ostrovu | островъ ostrovŭ |
Dative | острову ostrovu | островома ostrovoma | островомъ ostrovomŭ |
Accusative | островъ ostrovŭ | острова ostrova | островꙑ ostrovy |
Instrumental | островъмь ostrovŭmĭ | островома ostrovoma | островꙑ ostrovy |
Locative | островѣ ostrově | острову ostrovu | островѣхъ ostrověxŭ |
Vocative | острове ostrove | острова ostrova | острови ostrovi |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: о́стровъ (óstrov)
- Belarusian: во́страў (vóstraŭ)
- Rusyn: о́стров (óstrov)
- Ukrainian: о́стрів (óstriv)
- Russian: о́стров (óstrov)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “островъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 743
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- ѡ́стровъ (óstrov), о́стровь (óstrovʹ), ósthrow
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic о́стровъ (óstrovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ȍstrovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *abstrawas, from *strawas, from Proto-Indo-European *s(t)rówos, from *srew-. Cognate with Russian о́стров (óstrov).
Noun
о́стровъ • (óstrov) m inan
- island
Descendants
- Belarusian: во́страў (vóstraŭ)
- Rusyn: о́стров (óstrov)
- Ukrainian: о́стрів (óstriv)
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*островъ¹; *островъ²; *островь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 99
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “островъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 438