ⰽⱃⱏⰺ
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- Cyrillic: крꙑ (kry)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krouio, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).
Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian kraujas, Latvian krevele and Old Prussian krawian. Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravis), Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), Latin cruor, Old English hræw, Old Saxon *hrāo, Dutch rauw, Old High German rō (German roh), Old Norse hrár (Swedish rå) and Old Irish crú.
Noun
ⰽⱃⱏⰺ • (kry) f
- blood
Usage notes
Attested in recently found Psalterium Sinaiticum; in older literature accusative singular кръвь (krŭvĭ) is used as the nominative singular as well.
Declension
Declension of ⰽⱃⱏⰺ (v-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ⰽⱃⱏⰺ kry | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi |
| Accusative | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⱐ krŭvĭ | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi |
| Genitive | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰵ krŭve | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⱆ krŭvu | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⱏ krŭvŭ |
| Locative | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰵ krŭve | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⱆ krŭvu | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰰⱈⱏ krŭvaxŭ |
| Dative | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰰⰿⰰ krŭvama | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰰⰿⱏ krŭvamŭ |
| Instrumental | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⱐⱙ, ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹⱙ krŭvĭjǫ, krŭvijǫ | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰰⰿⰰ krŭvama | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰰⰿⰹ krŭvami |
| Vocative | ⰽⱃⱏⰺ kry | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi | ⰽⱃⱏⰲⰹ krŭvi |