сельдь
Old Ruthenian
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сельдь
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сельдь (selĭdĭ), from *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), further borrowed from Old Norse síld, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Cognate with Russian сельдь (selʹdʹ).
Noun
сельдь • (selʹdʹ) f anim
- herring (Clupea)
- Сельдей 10 десѧтковъ 12-15 гр. ― Selʹdej 10 desjatkov 12-15 hr. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- селе́децъ (selédec)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сельдь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 199
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сельдь (selĭdĭ) (1497), from earlier *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), from Old Norse síld. Compare Belarusian селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), Ukrainian оселе́дець (oselédecʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲelʲtʲ]
Noun
сельдь • (selʹdʹ) f anim (genitive се́льди, nominative plural се́льди, genitive plural сельде́й)
- herring (Clupea)
- каксе́льди в бо́чке ― kak sélʹdi v bóčke ― like sardines (in a can)
Declension
Declension of сельдь (anim fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | се́льдь sélʹdʹ | се́льди sélʹdi |
genitive | се́льди sélʹdi | сельде́й selʹdéj |
dative | се́льди sélʹdi | сельдя́м selʹdjám |
accusative | се́льдь sélʹdʹ | сельде́й selʹdéj |
instrumental | се́льдью sélʹdʹju | сельдя́ми selʹdjámi |
prepositional | се́льди sélʹdi | сельдя́х selʹdjáx |
Derived terms
- селёдка f (seljódka) (colloqial)
- сельдь под шу́бой f (selʹdʹ pod šúboj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сельдь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “сельдь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 152
- de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475