чресла
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрѣсла (črěsla), from Proto-Slavic *čerslo. Displaced the native East Slavic form че́ресла (čéresla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕrʲesɫə]
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Noun
чре́сла • (črésla) n inan pl (genitive чресл, plural only)
- (archaic, anatomy) reins, small of the back
- Synonyms: поясни́ца (pojasníca), бедро (bedro), бёдра (bjódra); чересло (čereslo), че́ресла (čéresla, dialectal)
Declension
Declension of чре́сла (inan pl-only neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | чре́сла črésla |
| genitive | чре́сл črésl |
| dative | чре́слам čréslam |
| accusative | чре́сла črésla |
| instrumental | чре́слами čréslami |
| prepositional | чре́слах čréslax |
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чресла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress