печера
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi (“to bake”) + *-tь.
Noun
печера (pečera) f
- cave
Declension
Declension of печера (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | печера pečera | печерѣ pečerě | печерꙑ pečery |
Genitive | печерꙑ pečery | печеру pečeru | печеръ pečerŭ |
Dative | печерѣ pečerě | печерама pečerama | печерамъ pečeramŭ |
Accusative | печерѫ pečerǫ | печерѣ pečerě | печерꙑ pečery |
Instrumental | печероѭ pečerojǫ | печерама pečerama | печерами pečerami |
Locative | печерѣ pečerě | печеру pečeru | печерахъ pečeraxŭ |
Vocative | печеро pečero | печерѣ pečerě | печерꙑ pečery |
Descendants
- Belarusian: пячо́ра (pjačóra)
- → Polish: pieczara
- Russian: печо́ра (pečóra)
- Ukrainian: пече́ра (pečéra)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “печера”, 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 927
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic печера (pečera, “cave”), from Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi (“to bake”) + *-tь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [peˈt͡ʃɛrɐ]
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Noun
пече́ра • (pečéra) f inan (genitive пече́ри, nominative plural пече́ри, genitive plural пече́р, related adjective пече́рний)
- cave, cavern
Declension
Declension of пече́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | пече́ра pečéra | пече́ри pečéry |
genitive | пече́ри pečéry | пече́р pečér |
dative | пече́рі pečéri | пече́рам pečéram |
accusative | пече́ру pečéru | пече́ри pečéry |
instrumental | пече́рою pečéroju | пече́рами pečéramy |
locative | пече́рі pečéri | пече́рах pečérax |
vocative | пече́ро pečéro | пече́ри pečéry |
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “печера”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka